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With its concept and technology becoming more and more widely accepted and used, the augmented reality technology has already been adopted by designers and scientists to create something unique, just like this “Mirracle” project. Led by researchers from Technical University of Munich, the project is actually an updated version of the interactive mirror systems that display tomography images virtually on the body of the person who was scanned, and it now turns out “more intuitive and easy to use”.

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No need of unique genes or flexible movements, everyone nowadays can become the Spiderman, a superhero, simply by lying, sitting or standing on the giant building constructed by Leandro Erlich on the ground surface… As you look up into the huge mirror that stands in the front, you’ll then notice: oh my god, I’m now doing something quite impossible in the real world! That’s so cool and I bet you’ll love the moment when you become a superhero.

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What do you usually do during the boring time caused by traffic jam, to play your iPad, have a chat with beautiful ladies or just sit there without thinking anything? Maybe you should get some better alternatives, such as the Car Bluetooth Rearview Mirror Kit. It includes a 4.3 inch touchscreen, a built-in GPS navigation, multimedia on-the-go, DVR capabilities, and a wireless parking camera, once installed to replace your normal rearview mirror, the device would then allow you to play games in car. Isn’t that great? It offers you great pleasure while never taking up you too much space or costing you too much money.

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Cleverly combining light and shadow together, the giant OLED mirror collaborated by rAndom International and Chris O’Shea would feel the human’s movement and thus to interact in the term of either light or mirrors. Stand still, and the panels act like mirrors, but when you’re on the move, the OLED pixels then light up. The other interacting type is totally different, as wherever you go would become mirrors with the left parts still act as light. It’s very magical, and now the You Fade to Light has been produced in a limited edition of just eight units, each is selling for €140,000. So if you don’t think it’s exciting enough to watch them in the video, you may consider getting home one such piece.

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What will you do if you have a magic mirror as those you see in books or films? There maybe many answers to that question, but there’s at least one thing we’ll all want to do: to illustrate what we desire on it. Romy van den Broek’s ‘Through the Looking Glass’ is rightly an interactive mirror that features motion sensor technology to let users run into a different world. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Mirrors melting off the walls? How incredible a concept! Designed by Rikako Nagashim and Hideto Hyoudou, these new mirrors are different from conventional square or round ones, but feature a seemingly changeable shape as that of moving water. With them as decorations for your houses, we bet you’ll soon meet more applaud than you can ever imagine. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Yes, war destroys everything, including us. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Probably inspired by most people’s habit of spinning a cup when they enjoy coffee or tea, designers have endowed this round-round-land cup with two layer saucers so that the cup would seem to move too while the upper saucer is spun. After that, something magical and interesting will then happen: the cup creates a merry-go-round effect as the images on the saucer are reflected onto platinum coated mirrors of the cup. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Who would ever dare to sit on a piece of mirror, which is usually believed too brittle? Obviously the Japanese dare to do so. At the Towada Art Centre in Japan, there’re several mirrored benches standing beneath cherry trees for the visitors to sit on. When the cherry trees were in full blossom, these chairs will also look quite beautiful. And to tell you the truth, these chairs are not made from mirror but stainless steel so you needn’t worry about your safety. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Mirror On A Roll, manufactured in quality vinyl with a protected coating, looks more like creative wallpaper with a reflective surface rather than ordinary mirrors. Self-adhesive, the innovative item would change anything you want into a mirror, though not as sharp as a glass mirror. Apart from that, the gadget can be easily cut into different shapes and sizes, meeting your different needs in decorating your home. [Read the rest of this entry...]

We often look into the mirrors to find ourselves and others, but a street performer from Los Angeles has made a special use of mirrors—to make himself an invisible man! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Some of us just adore the odd stuff. Please correct me if you think I’m wrong! Just look at the mirrored shoes, they’re obviously another products meant for the most weird of your grocery lists. But do look carefully, it is the mirrors that turn your feet invisible, not that the shoes are made transparent. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Nobody but those who are really too slim (but will any females feel themselves too slim?) may want to put on fat, and they look into any mirrors nearby to make sure that they look good. However, if they find themselves look a bit fatter in one of those mirrors, and then they’ll work hard at losing weight.

Hmmm, I have to say, Sunghee Park really knows better of those people, and therefore he put up a two-screen set of mirrors near the elevator. In that way, whenever they see a distorted figure of a fat person taking elevators in one mirror while a slim person taking the stairs in the other, people will surely take the stairs.

Oh, wait, there’s better! The displays could also be used to host advertisements when they turn idle. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The worldly famous sculpture ‘Venus de Milo’ has shocked everyone with her imperfect beauty, and inspired by that, Hye-Yeon Kim has come up with an innovative lighting system, by the name of ‘Broken Mirror Lights’. The cracks are shaped into different patterns, including a leaf, a swimming fish, etc, and they seem great as the light is shedding through those cracks. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Ever wished you had a witch mirror that tells you everything? Well, let me introduce you to the Virtual Butler mirror that keeps a watch on everything inside and around your house. Simply connect it to your doors, alarms, cameras and other digital appliance, the loyal butler then works in a stunningly effective way. Of course, since this butler is not a real man, you needn’t have to pay out wages every month. [Read the rest of this entry...]