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Show Idea - Iron Man Mirror

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It would be awesome to see a show about adding a display behind a bathroom mirror to display widgets while you are getting ready in the morning.  It would be like the window Iron Man has in his house (where you can see weather, stocks, news, email etc.) only with a mirror.  There are a ton of DIY projects showing how to install a tv behind a mirror which are cool but that's a little one dimensional.  I envision the display getting content served up from an android or windows 8 machine and being controlled with gestures (maybe with a Kinect) rather than having to use a remote or get finger prints on the mirror. 

 

Something similar to this but with gesturing http://youtu.be/TP64GolT-UU

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  • I've seen things like this before, I wonder what the best way to get gesture recognition?  You probably have to have an empty space and a webcam behind it (in the wall).  Maybe you could have a webcam in front  up top aiming at the mirror so it could see you?  I don't know how powerful opencv is but it might be a start on the software.

     

    I know tons of people will just say "use the kinect" but I think that wouldn't work very well, the kinect is kind of mid to long range limited.  And if you put the kinect behind the mirrored surface, I'm not sure how well it will be able to see you because of its IR grid it sends out.

  • in reply to colecago

    That's a good point about the Kinect.  I was just googling Johnny Lee to see what gesture based control solutions he had come up with and I found Leap http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_d6KuiuteIAhttp:// . This looks like it may be the way to go.  I wonder If it could be mounted behind the mirror though.

     

    Any ideas on the software to serve up the content?

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