Dave Marver, VICIS’ co-founder and CEO, said the Zero1 has four protective layers that "are designed to work together to provide outstanding fit and mitigate impact forces or slow them before they can reach the head and brain … better than any helmet ever made":
- The outermost layer deforms like a car bumper, yielding when it's hit and slowing impact forces.
- Right below that is a second, reflex layer of columns that "bend and eventually buckle upon impact."
- The third layer is a very thin hard shell that protects against skull fractures.
- The fourth, innermost layer is the form liner, which conforms to the player's head.
Marver said traditional helmets have a hard outer shell that makes a “crack” sound on impact. The Zero1, on the other hand, goes “thump.”
"The sound of the game is going to change,” Marver said. “It means that players are going to be better protected."
