Mirror-mirror on the wall, please show me.. However, I don't know about your mirrors, but mine usually show me me. Of course, this is exactly what is required of them, but you must admit, it would be nice if they could do something else besides this. A dozen of the most functional mirrors in our roundup.
1. Three-dimensional mirror
Thanks to the built-in video camera and 50-inch plasma screen, you get your 3D image that you can rotate as you want. This mirror was made by Candy and Candy the Intelligent Mirror, which is based in London. Its cost is 5, 25 million pounds. True, in addition to the mirror itself, you will also receive a house in which it is built into the load.
2. Mirror-TV
It seems that one of today's trends in TV design is to try to hide from prying eyes that this thing is a TV. This is how Fridge-TV, Kamin-TV and many others appeared. This includes a product from Philips, which works like an ordinary box with pictures, and when turned off, it acts as a mirror. The 30-inch version will set you back £ 2700.
3. Aging mirror
Cruel mirror. Using a video camera (or even several video cameras), it reads information about you, your food, bad habits and other hobbies, and then, using a clever algorithm, calculates how you will look in old age. However, a week of healthy life - and the mirror will have mercy on you.
4. Games in the bathroom
While the bath is being typed, you can entertain yourself with various games. From tic-tac-toe to crosswords and spell checkers. The selection of games is really great, and the main thing is that you swipe the towel and you can play again. If only the mirror would fog up.
5. SMS mirror
This mirror may never see the light of day - while it is still at the stage of the "concept model" developed by Robert Stadler, but if it does happen to someone in the apartment, it will gladly show SMS messages from your mobile phone if you stand close enough. How it will do this has not yet been disclosed.
6. Interactive fitting room
If you didn't manage to get your friends to wander around the shops and had to stroll around them alone, do not lose heart. If you are lucky enough to find such a fitting room, you can easily send your image to your friends (or to your blog), they will appreciate and send you their rating. The main thing is not to accidentally send your photo BEFORE you dress.
7. Virtual fitting room
And in this fitting room, you don't even have to undress. It will generate an image of a dress or some other clothing, and all you have to do is go to the mirror and see how it will look on you. From the outside it looks very funny.
8. Wooden mirror
It is difficult to explain in words how this mirror works and what is its beauty. Here are the numbers: 830 wood cubes, 830 servomotors, electronic control, video camera, computer, wooden frame. Width - 170cm, height - 203cm, thickness - 25cm. This is the first of Daniel Rosin's many stunning mechanical mirrors. Incredibly, the cubes of the tree, like computer pixels, change and form a real reflection.
9. Woven mirror
768 stripes are woven into a net, and thanks to the built-in camera and electronic filling, the motor calculates in which coordinate which shade of gray is needed. When you move, a complete illusion of a mirror is created, although you will not be able to see the details of your face, but you will get a canvas with your silhouette. Do you recognize Daniel Rosin's handwriting?
10. Interactive and virtual fitting
By combining points "6" and "7", we get a new generation locker room. You can not only select the desired clothes on the mirror screen and see how it will look on you, but also send the result to your friends so that they will make their friendly verdict.
11. Advertising on mirrors
Perhaps the last stronghold of the non-advertising space - the bathroom - was destroyed with the appearance of these mirrors. A small but very visible advertisement will advise you: what kind of toothpaste to buy, what shampoo to wash your hair with, and how to clean a clogged sink. Such mirrors are installed everywhere in clubs, restaurants and hotels. So far, only in America and Europe, but it will come to us.
12. Technological mirrors
The future is knocking with all its fists on our windows. Infinity of Nissan North America commissioned George P. Johnson to create an interactive system to help travelers find routes and transportation. Nicholas Kornel was appointed as the lead designer, who used three panels of 8x3.5 inches made of mirrored glass for this purpose. A bright projector and touch panel are built into each panel. The tourist standing in front of the system gets a complete picture of the place. True, it seems that these panels will become the main attraction of the cities.