The helmet was just an aesthetic choice, I love "secret identity" superhero drama, so I wanted some form of heavy disguise and they dont really have a good way that I found to do a classic domino mask with white eyes, so I experimented with helmets until I found this combo that I love. He can see out of it normally, its sort of like one of those mirrored visors on motorcycle helmets.
Thank you for the peacebringer comment, I like them thematically but as Ive levelled early quantums really are quite annoying, so much so that they are what made me make this post to decide on a different power set.