MagicMirror Forum
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Unsolved
    • Solved
    • MagicMirror² Repository
    • Documentation
    • 3rd-Party-Modules
    • Donate
    • Discord
    • Register
    • Login
    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
    Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

    Newbie Making 1st Magic Mirror - What Camera to use & Where to situate it

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Hardware
    2 Posts 3 Posters 580 Views 3 Watching
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • G Offline
      GigglingNatalie
      last edited by

      Hello Everyone,

      I am building my 1st MM along with my daughter. We are going to attach a camera to it so that we can use it for facial recognition and profile switching. She would like her profile to have different modules to me and also for it to display a greeting from BTS (not sure if this is possible yet ).

      What I would like to know firstly is: what type of camera is best to use? (i’m ready with a Raspberry Pi Camera v2.1 in my basket on Pimoroni to purchase) and secondly, Where do you actually situate the camera? i’m assuming it needs to be between the screen and the 2 way mirror acrylic stuff? or do people mount it on the frame?

      I am also assuming that i need to add the profile switching module and facial recognition module once i have the camera etc ready.

      Any guidance welcome

      Thanks in advance :-)

      S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • S Away
        sdetweil @GigglingNatalie
        last edited by

        @gigglingnatalie facereco-dnn seems to be the.module of choice here

        cant help on camera or.placement. some tinted glass make camera not as good.

        i use webcams, outside frame…

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • 1 / 1
        • First post
          Last post
        Enjoying MagicMirror? Please consider a donation!
        MagicMirror created by Michael Teeuw.
        Forum managed by Sam, technical setup by Karsten.
        This forum is using NodeBB as its core | Contributors
        Contact | Privacy Policy