Magic Message Mirror on display at CEDIA

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the freakiest freak of all? No doubt, you are Magic Mirror man. If you doubted Basil's ability to scare the shiznit out of kiddies or intruders alike then just peep the creepy pics from CEDIA Expo where Themeaddicts Magic Message Mirror was on display. Rigged up to a Crestron automation system for the show, inventor Craig Barrof -- producer for Universal's King Kong attraction and creator of Jurassic Park's menacing T-Rex -- announced that the mirror will set you back $22,000 large to take home where the on-screen butler can render 10 animated messages standard, or an additional 23 at $600 a pop -- double-that for custom jobbies. Creepy as it is, there's undeniable value in knowing your Jacuzzi is ready, Cristal chilled, and Fiddy's live at the door, eh?

[Via Talk About CEDIA]

[devo4040 Posted Sep 21st 2006 9:28AM]

So basically this is just one more thing that most of us will never ever see outside of episodes of Cribs?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2006 9:38AM]

Creepy in an awesome way. If I had too much money I'd get one. I especially like that it can bring up relevant via survailance as well.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2006 9:42AM]

These have been around foreeeeever.
Note: this isn't an attack on engadget. It's just that this exact same product gets pushed every few years as a "new development" by it's creators. Personally I think it's a sign of a crashing company.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2006 9:48AM]

Someone should really let Michael Jackson know about this, as I do believe he holds copyright on this product. Not only does this draw obvious inspiration from "Man in the Mirror", but they even went so far as to use his likeness....

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2006 10:08AM]

" will set you back $22,000 large to take home"

I thought "large" was slang for "thousand" as in "he owed his bookie 10 large." So you're saying this mirror costs 22,000,000 dollars?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2006 11:42AM]

This looks quite simple to build yourself for a few hundred dollars.
The photos have the look of a two-way mirror as they aren't quite as
reflective a a regular mirror. If you have ever seen a two-way mirror
you know it has to be completely dark on the back side. By mounting a
two-way mirror with a LCD monitor behind it you would only have to
work up software to display alerts with a totally black background.
that way all you would see is the alert or face or whatever you
choose.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2006 12:05PM]

It's spelled "Crestron"

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2006 1:07PM]

> the mirror will set you back $22,000 large

Isn't "22,000 large" $22,000,000?

[iPodius Posted Sep 21st 2006 1:51PM]

I, for one, welcome our creepy, reflective digital avatar overlords

"mirror mirror, on the wall, who's the 1337357 one of all?"

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2006 9:52PM]

Kind of reminds me of the same mirrors Disney has in their Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World in Orlando, FL for the past 15 years....

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 1:40PM]

Seura (seer-ah) has dominated this space for years...to many DIY's out there