csi miami?

Posted at 11:44 am on Oct 24th, 2008 by f

the only good use I saw was the one with fitting room implementation, plus thats the only use one could market and sell

Posted at 11:55 am on Oct 24th, 2008 by rasz

Who is that insanely cute girl?

Um, another reason for the family to hog the bathroom? Not good IMO.

It is neat to see display and interface going funny places. If only there was recognition and photo editing so that you could use this to try on different makeup digitally, or paint “loser” on peoples faces, then make it appear to wash off, then reappear :), technology is only as good as the practical jokes it can make.

Posted at 12:04 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by nubie

Better yet, make people “disappear” in the mirror, or have an “mood-ring” aura that uses your temperature and facial expression to give you a manacing flame, or a cool mist.

Cool.

Posted at 12:06 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by nubie

holy cow. that video is as trippy as laser Floyd.

any technical details?

Posted at 12:10 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by Man On Fire

This is really awesome. If I could, I’d build one too. Why? Because I could, and its neat. The people complaining about how this isn’t “marketable” or “useful”… this is hackaday, not makeabuckaday.

Posted at 12:14 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by FlyinRyanIa

The girl is incredibly hot!

We could make fun drawings of ourselves on the mirror.

Oh yeah, the technology was cool too.

Posted at 12:24 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by azr2nut

So… They took a large, touchscreen LCD, and stuck a two-way mirror between the lcd and the touchscreen.

And now it’s patent pending.

Whoopee.

(admittedly, it’s cool and pretty. I like shiny things too)

Posted at 12:33 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by Del

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Posted at 12:52 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by bases de datos de emails

considering this is hack a day I would hope that one of us will eventually get our hands on this and ultimately take it apart so that the rest of us can build it ourselves. According to engadget it uses a two way mirror and a projector.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/interactive-mirror-dazzles-onlookers-never-lies/

Posted at 12:59 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by polymath

@rasz:

That’s a good point, I am sure there is nothing that this could possibly be used for other than fitting rooms. Remind me to contact you for exhaustive research in product marketing the next time I have a good idea.

Posted at 1:20 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by milo

I’d love to have a touch surface on every inch of my living and work space. You know, to take notes on, watch videos, or just to decorate.

This device would have a pretty big use in the porn market, I think.

Posted at 1:33 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by glompix

wtf, they build a mirror with integrated display — and only show the stupid demos we saw on every multitouch-project?! who would sort photos on their mirror…
this is really missing an augmented reality application, it would be the perfect interface: video goggles just failed (yes, I’m really sad about that, too, but face it, 1995 they were all up about them and all affordable displays just do 320×240?!); and a usual screen+webcam usually is too indirect etc, nobody would use this.
but a mirror, with integrated camera & screen, that’s perfect, and you can use old-style touch-interfaces nothing fancy required like gestures that don’t work anyway…
so: *if* this is even worthy of being patented (touchscreens behind glass exist, screens integrated in mirrors exist, theres nothing new here, as said before), these people will make lots of money, apply for a job there now :D (or become a shareholder)

Posted at 2:04 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by pascal

it’s a fun demo, for sure, but i’m with the other folks that are shrugging. for one, patenting this kind of puzzle-piece technology – where the hardware is likely all off-the-shelf and tied together by some software components – isn’t that impressive (nor something i’d like to encourage).

i don’t see anything about it that’s actually multi-touch, either. one finger is only ever on the glass – guess THAT stuff was already patented, eh?

the coolest part about this is the graphics and UI. it’s pretty well done, but it’s just a demo. otherwise, i have mixed feelings about this kind of stuff being posted on hackaday. without a how-to, bom, or even a flowchart of technologies, there’s nothing to “hack”. it just feels like a shot of inspiration, and that’s cool, but it feels like filler. and i’d rather not drive traffic to people who are in the business of patenting proprietary stuff.

Posted at 2:47 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by emilio

hell, I don’t want to play games on my bathroom mirror. I want to turn my lights on, music, watch the news while I … um … have a seat.
Thats where this could be cool.

Posted at 3:41 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by GoldenGoblin

This would be EXCELLENT for a bathroom mirror, check the news, electricity usage, security cameras, picking your outfit for the day (based on weather), etc.

Posted at 6:35 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by pip

This looks similar to the displays in the movie “Minority Report”. This is probably the beginning of that.

Next: Transparent glass displays

After Next: Holograms

Posted at 7:32 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by captain

does any one remember the movie “the sixth day” with Arnold Schwarzenegger? the one about cloning humans? At one point he gets up use the bathroom mirror, presses a corner of it and the news and weather pops up on the surface. Granted that was just good CG but still, I think it’d be a great thing to have, especially for an efficiency apartment.

Posted at 9:17 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by polymath

omg its a giant iphone XD

Posted at 9:42 pm on Oct 24th, 2008 by alpha

Yeah mirror screens were also in almost every movie set in the future in the last what, 5-10 years. Still, I need to get one of these.

The ultimate would be if (when) a camera is used with a record of all of your clothes/makeup or even clothes that you don’t yet own, to show you what you could look like. That will probably take a couple years to run smoothly, but I’d buy it.

Posted at 8:04 pm on Oct 25th, 2008 by icefox

Its easy to make a multi-touch screen, this one was just a 2way mirror.
Projector, IR LED’s, modified Web cam… Done.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Interactive-Multitouch-Display/
Same thing, just using a mirror for the surface.

Posted at 11:35 am on Oct 26th, 2008 by RenoFFVII

i want one :)

Posted at 9:02 pm on Oct 26th, 2008 by marko

what if they did this to a car you could draw on it and change its colors…
er wait….

There’re are enough accidents related to autos

@ hot – yes agree lol

Posted at 12:50 pm on Oct 27th, 2008 by kyle007

that girl is pretty

oh, the mirror is cool too…

Posted at 9:33 pm on Oct 31st, 2008 by Levi

Where can I buy one. I want it by Christmas!

Posted at 4:22 pm on Nov 5th, 2008 by Anne

THis looks soooooo sweet

Posted at 3:14 pm on Jan 4th, 2009 by Glass Mirror

There’s no way he will be granted a patent on this. It’s the same DIY touchscreen setup that has been making the rounds for at least the last 3 years, and using 2-way mirrors with displays is already an established industry for high-end construction. The only thing he’s doing differently here is using an extremely bright projector to get a better image quality than can be achieved with an LCD screen.

Of course after I saw this video I went out and bought a 2 way mirror to use with my existing touch screen. :)

Posted at 1:20 pm on Jan 6th, 2009 by Parker Ault

Also, before anyone calls me a hater, I should point out that it is totally freakin’ sweet, and an extremely high quality implementation of the design.

Parker

Posted at 1:23 pm on Jan 6th, 2009 by Parker Ault

Really a 2way mirror that can achieve this?

Posted at 11:50 am on Jul 12th, 2009 by JS

wow thats the masterpiece i love that thing its fantastic

Posted at 12:16 am on Aug 14th, 2009 by puma

great work done it like a fantasy thanks for sharing this beautiful video

Posted at 11:28 am on Aug 19th, 2009 by retro trainers

wow the mirror is fantastic, i would like to use it. what will be the estimated cost of this mirror?

Posted at 10:26 pm on Sep 9th, 2009 by display gondolas