What home movie theater is complete without a secret entrance? [Eclipse_007] had the brilliant idea to make this Lord of The Rings themed hidden door, akin to the entrance way to the Mines of Moria.
It’s a custom door panel filled to the brim with LED lights on the underside. The front panel is a large piece of plexi-glass with a vinyl coating on one side. [Eclipse_007] painstakingly cut the design out of the vinyl coating, all by hand. Once installed the door just looks like another part of the wall. But when touched, the door lights up and then swings open, revealing the movie theater. Plans are already in the works to make it voice controlled to open when the password is spoken.
As one reddit user puts it:
That is probably the coolest thing I have ever seen.
I’m trying to imagine an estate agent introducing your house… two bathrooms, double glazing, five bedrooms, the Westgate of Moria which opens into a basement movie theater when you say Mellon, and a stylish modern kitchen…
Brilliant work [Eclipse_007]!
[via Reddit]
…leaving Gandalf and the Fellowship cooling their heels outside
This is quite simply one of the coolest hacks I have ever seen.
Seriously amazing.
Some of us do not use/read reddit so all this stuff is new to me, and is much appreciated.
If you are not interested, do not read it.
How about voice activation and a fade-in effect to it doesn’t just appear all at once.
I’d like the voice activation as well. Maybe even have to say “friend” in elvish to unlock it…
Cool as hack! But as suggested, a subtle fade-in effect would make it totally awesome (and more Elvish)
It does look fantastic…but why go through all the effort to match it to the wall so perfectly and then put a glaring obvious door frame around it. It is supposed to be a hidden entrance after all.
Check the video again, the door frame looks like the wall decoration over the stairs, so It isn’t that obvious.
Definitely should have a fade in effect. Otherwise, this is brilliant.