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The biggest issue about the mirror is seen right here. The reason the image of the monitor is messed up isn't because it is a picture, but because of the way I created the mirror. I couldn't use a normal mirror because there is typically a film behind the glass and the monitor can't shine through. So I bought a piece of glass and was going to put a mirror-like film on top. The ones they use for buildings, but didn't get the true mirror effect I was looking for. So then I resorted to spraying on mirror paint. The paint did not go on evenly and as you can see in the picture, it did not allow for the light to come through distorting the magic mirror effect.
The display that I used for this magic mirror is an old laptop screen from a laptop that was just sitting in my house and I decided to take it apart for my project.
This is the back of the mirror with all of the workings. I put a piece of cardboard behind that sheet of plywood to keep the mirror from shaking and keep the screen in place.Â
The screen is meant for a laptop so you can't connect it straight to the Raspberry Pi, because of this I had to get a weird adapter that worked. On the right are also the buttons that turn it on and off.
This is the Raspberry Pi that controls the whole operation. There are also a lot of websites with code available to make magic mirrors so it was not difficult to code just lots of reading and YouTube.
The mirror project was still worth it because I learned a lot even though I didn't get the outcome I wanted. One of the biggest things I learned was that it is almost impossible to get a perfect 45-degree cut. This can be seen in both of these mirrors pictured above because I had to use wood putty to fill in the gaps where the boards met. I tried over and over again, and I just couldn't do it. I do not know if it was because of my chop saw as it is old. The mirror on the right was for my sister and this is just bought a regular mirror which is why the reflection looks so good, but I still made the frame.
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