Fallout Fan Creates Real-Life, Fully Functional Pip-Boy, Complete With Iconic Radio Stations

A fan's dad brought the iconic Pip-Boy to reality, and it actually works. The Pip-Boy has been in Interplay, Black Isle, and Bethesda's post-apocalyptic RPGs and shooters since the very first game, and has remained a series staple since then. The fictional wearable computer was lovingly re-created in reality, down to the radio stations and Vault Boy animation.

The awesome creation was shared on Reddit by scoobydoobiggestfan, whose dad made the wearable. The recreation uses a 3D-printed shell, which was also created by the Redditor's dad using the version for reference. The build also references the Pip-Boy phone app.

The Pip-Boy is actually wearable and can be booted up. The entire creation, from the coding to the printing and designing, was created by scoobydoobiggestfan's dad, who makes game items like this as a hobby.

The real-world build of the Pip-Boyuses a small computer that runs on a Raspberry Pi. When it's booted up, the Pip-Boy shows the loading and initializing sequence followed by a display of all the different functionalities. A large knob on the side of the computer toggles between tabs, which show the temperature, player's status, and a GPS location overview. Unfortunately, these aren't actually functional. Rather, they're just pre-recorded images and videos, though that doesn't make the build any less impressive.

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The Pip-Boy build even includes radio stations from the game, such as Diamond City Radio from and the Classical Radio that appears in and The stations actually play music, and the PIp-Boy contains music from every game as .mp3 files. The real-world Pip-Boy creation was based specifically on the version in is the earliest game in the timeline, taking place just 25 years after the Great War, so the computer model seen in that game is one of the first versions. The game uses an even earlier, pre-war