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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    • RE: Beginner question - is this configuration possible?

      @broberg Great, thank you!

      Is there a standard set of “most likely to work” -hardware (PI+Webcam+power hub) that would provide the least amount of hassle?

      posted in General Discussion
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    • Beginner question - is this configuration possible?

      Hi all, first message to this Forum, thanks in advance for taking the time to help.

      I’m somewhat experienced in integrating hardware and messing about Linux, but I am not sure if I want to build is possible so I wanted to check with you guys first.

      After seeing all these cool MM projects, I wanted to build one for our kitchen/living room. The idea is to display a family calendar, messages, etc, pretty standard stuff. However, I would like to have some rough configurability on it - to change the mode to not showing personal information when we are entertaining people for example. The UI needs to be very simple of course, no cables or input devices allowed.

      I got to thinking about a web cam and a microphone, to use gesture- and/or voice commands to provide input to the system.

      Then I started to think that if there is a webcam, could the device also be used for video calls? It would be awesome for my daughter to be able to call the grandparents, or start a quick call to my partner while cooking.

      So the feature list is:

      1. Google calendar integration
      2. Configurable modes
      3. Rough UI using gestures and/or voice commands
      4. Video call possibility
      5. Slideshow of selected family pictures when user not seen (?)

      Let me know what you think of this set-up!

      posted in General Discussion noob configuration video newbie
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