Magic Mirror makes your home smarter… and creepier

Okay, LG, you're not the first to come up with the idea of displaying information in the ol' looking glass (nor the first to use the term "Magic Mirror"), but maybe you're the first to make it this freakin' big. This particular Magic Mirror is supposed to provide you with updates on all sorts of "daily living" sorts of things such as your schedule, the weather, cooking (what, as in "the rest of the family secretly hated your meal"?), and "outfits" by which we must assume it puts an end to your fashion woes by telling you what to wear (though it's obviously led this model astray). LG, don't you know gigantic mirrors telling you what to do in your own home is just kinda creepy? And have you not seen Watcher in the Woods?

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[Scott Espenschied @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

I love this idea. I've been waiting for this to be a reality for a long time. So glad to see it happening.

[Rocket Punch @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

Ok, here is the break down.
Women will think this is useless.
Men will think this is pointless.
Usually only men will interested in these kind of pointless gadget.
And any men that spent more than 5 mins in front of a mirror can be scientifically categorized as a women.

The really funny thing is, this will probably cost $3000+. So finally you can say to your friend "...but I have a mirror that costs 3 grand in my closet!! take that!!"

[sunz @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

no necessarily .. i think women will like it .. they can embed some sore to real time communications with the entire family .. sorta like while everyone is getting ready for the day (school and work) .. so we can "talk" maybe even a semi-transparent video conferencing or just an instant messgeing system of sorts..) ... men .. hmm .. maybe not.. who knows ... and umm spending a few minutes in the mirror doesnt make a man a women .. not spending it makes him dirty ... get over it ..

[ben the pirate @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

number 3

your videoconferencing through the mirror thing is distinctly not right

maybe you want to pursue the future of interfamily peeping tom type activities but i do not

i do however like the magic mirror concept - and as a gay man i guess i fall between the stools of 'man' and 'woman'. could this be the start of a brave new world of technology just for gay men?

[Cullen @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

is she holding a gizmondo or whatever? i hope not..

[mk @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

calm the heteronormative sexism, rocket punch.

interesting concept, though.

[Pierce B. @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

Yess... I remember! They contacted me to be the voice for this contraption, but I think in the end they went with a fellow named Hal

[sliu @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the geekiest of them all?

[John Stracke @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

I'm male, and I could see some use for a display on my bathroom mirror. I spend maybe ten minutes a morning there--brushing my teeth, combing my hair (it gets tangled...), that sort of thing. A weather report would be nice. A reminder of my schedule would be useful occasionally (it'd be more useful if I had a complicated schedule, like a manager or a salesman). Or maybe it could show my daily webcomics.

But really, it'd probably be cheaper and easier to have it display *next* to the mirror.

I wonder what you see if you aim a VGA projector at a mirror?

[Scott Espenschied @ Dec 19th 2005 1:23AM]

Well... I just think of it as the technology. Someone had to make it and it's new so I'm sure it doesn't have many features but the features and practicality of being able to implement a screen into glass is a huge breakthrough. They can use that way more places than a mirror in your bathroom. I'm not planning on buying a 3000+ dollar mirror anytime.. well ever.. as far as I can tell... but you have to admit it's freakin awesome.