<![CDATA[My New Magic Mirror Project.]]>So about a year ago I decided that I was going to take a chance at making a magic mirror. Unfortunately I made all the wrong decisions. For example I got a slab of glass and I placed reflective film on it. Is it just me or is it almost impossible to get that thing on there?. Then this week because I now have a lot of spare time I finally decided to take a go at it again. I picked up the mirror and started sanding it. Since it was pretty rough. Unfortunately in the process I scratched the film. I wasn’t giving up that easily though :) Here is my build. Entirely from scratch.

https://youtu.be/ClYVnNhyu-0

I haven’t done any proper customizing on it yet but if anyone here has any suggestions I’d be super interested since you’re all much more advanced at this then me :)

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/12649/my-new-magic-mirror-projectRSS for NodeTue, 06 Oct 2026 03:53:36 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2020 20:31:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to My New Magic Mirror Project. on Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:17:28 GMT]]>@Fozi Those are some very good suggestions. Thank you I will definitely try them out! I don’t have a link to that microphone because I bought it so long ago but it’s just one of those generic small raspberry pi mics, and I just boosted the volume on it to the max :)

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/73543https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/73543Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:17:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My New Magic Mirror Project. on Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:15:58 GMT]]>@bhepler I was actually just doing that today :) Except when I added it nothing is displayed. I think that octoprint might have changed the way things work and it is no longer compatible :( So I think I’m going to have to give up there for now.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/73542https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/73542Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:15:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My New Magic Mirror Project. on Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:02:53 GMT]]>Very nice! I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Adding the Google assistant on your first time out is impressive.

Suggestions. Hrm. I’m personally a fan of MMM-MovieListings. I have also found that reconfiguring the newsreader module to pull from The Onion and similar sites to be worthwhile.

Since your mirror is directly above your 3D printer, I would suggest you then write a module to display information from OctoPrint. How cool would it be to monitor your progress of your print job from your smart mirror?

Edited to add: Whoops! Someone else already made it. You may wish to add it to your mirror!

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/73378https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/73378Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:02:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My New Magic Mirror Project. on Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:06:29 GMT]]>@TheMysticle Thanks for the entertaining video on how you built your mirror! It looks great! I’m also happy to see here other 3D priniting enthusiasts :-).
One upgrade I’d suggest is a proximity sensensor, that turns on the screen when you stand in front of it. Either a via Doppler sensor (see my signature) or a PIR sensor. Another upgrade might be a gesture sensor. As you’re into 3D printing and modelling, you’ll easily find a solution to place the sensor.
BTW, could you please post which microphone you built in? I’m just curious because I’ve tried a few and none was sensitive enough to pick up my voice.

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