Lit Studios has created an Interactive Mirror which responds to touch. Built using some of the same technology as Lit Studios’ LaserGames project, the Interactive Mirror enables the user to draw pictures, view and interact with text, and preview virtual clothing outfits. It features proximity sensors, gesturing, and both nearfield and farfield infrared.

The cognitive machine that is your brain automatically deals with things like size and distance and perspective, a job it hopefully does fairly well, you don’t have to give a mirror’s reflection much thought. However, interacting with buttons and animation layered on your reflection and the world behind you is unlike any other touchscreen experience. This unexpectedness, to me, is precisely the allure of HCI and all things touch-capable.

Features

The Interactive Mirror is still a mirror, but with added functions. You can draw pictures as well as view images and text. In the uses it currently has, as well as the way it operates, it is similar to the iPhone. Other features of the Interactive mirror include built-in games, rear projection to be able to process images on the mirror, assisted shopping with previews of clothes, and access to your recent searches to help recommend new, personalized options. There is also an internal mirror incorporated in order to get rid of the need for wide angle lenses. This will cut back on the expense and make it easier for customers to have one of these Interactive mirrors in their homes.

Interactive Mirror from Alpay Kasal on Vimeo.

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