Hi @TipsyNurse!

Thanks so much for the feedback on this idea. I have had doubts about the interface too.
I did consider the smartphone, but I wanted the Magicmirror to be a replacement for a smartphone in the salon instead of an addition, preferably. Also, this might make it more complicating sometimes because the customer would have to do it himself and the pictures would not be as consistent as they would be using a fixed camera.

The tablet is kind of the same ‘problem’. Since the Magicmirror would be used for playing very basic games using a controller like this one, a keyboard isn’t an issue.

I know I might sound stubborn on this one, but would love to try it on the Magicmirror itself at first and was wondering if anyone was interested in helping on this module. Maybe there could be some computer that runs a website doing the difficult Google Photos-tasks, to relieve the Pi from his duty a bit? It would be run in different salons so the cost of this computer will be less than having to buy tablets for each mirror, too.

The Facial Recognition might indeed be too demanding, especially since it isn’t that much of an improvement. This will be moved to the long-term idea section ;)

Anyway, thanks so much for the critical feedback. I didn’t even think about the workload for the Pi.

@sdetweil I expressed myself a bit faulty. I meant that there are two buttons ‘take picture’ and ‘view picture’ that can be clicked/selected.

Hi TipsyNurse, thanks for the in-depth response.

Preferably, a camera on the MM would take the picture (a simple USB camera connected to the Raspberry Pi that I’ll be using).

A more step-by-step explanation:
The module will be configured in a way that it is connected to a Google Drive or Google Photos account so it can save and view pictures. (I don’t know if Drive or Photos is the better option)

• Start the module and choose “Take picture”, it takes a picture and asks where you want to save it on Google Drive/Google Photos

• A textbox appears, you enter the folder name (for example “John Smith”). If it already exists, the picture is saved in the folder. If it does not exist yet, a new folder named “John Smith” is created and the picture is saved inside.

• To view a previous picture, you start the module and choose “View picture”. Then, a textbox appears again where you enter the folder name again. If it exists, the most recent picture is shown. Other pictures can be viewed by navigating left or right. If the folder does not exist, the textbox appears again, stating that the folder name is incorrect or non-existent.

Later on, it could be a nice feature to implement Facial Recognition so the textbox is not necessary anymore.

My main purpose is to add this in my own hair salon, but it can be a very fun feature for home purposes too.

Hi guys!

I am currently trying to make a module where I can take a picture, navigate to the destination folder using my remote control and keyboard and save it there. To view it again on the MagicMirror, I would like to navigate to the particular file using the remote control and keyboard again.

I tried to find an existing module for this but it seems that it does not exist yet. The different parts however have been implemented in some modules, so it seems that it is possible. (Using Google Drive: MMM-RemoteCompliments, Using Google Photos: MMM-GooglePhotos, Taking pictures using the camera: camera)

The goal is to save pictures of persons, for example each day. My main purpose is to view the pictures again on a later moment (when you want to redo your makeup/hair just the way you did before, for example). Another great feature of this could be to make a timelapse of yourself.

I think the easiest way to implement this is to use a folder designated to each person and save the images there. When the user wants to view a photo of himself, the particular folder and file are selected again. I don’t know if this is easier to implement in Google Drive or Google Photos.

An addition for the future might be Facial Recognition so the user does not need to navigate to the folder anymore, but I think starting with the core is the easiest way.

My knowledge of the Google Drive/Photos API’s or JavaScript are very limited but I’m eager to learn, so I was wondering if any of you guys think this idea is nice and is willing to attempt this.

Thank you for your reply.

Is an iFrame not used only for web applications? I am trying to implement a JavaScript game that is not hosted on a web server.
Or is it easier to just host the game on a web server and then use an iFrame for that?

Thanks in advance!

Hi!

I was wondering about if it’s possible to use an existing JavaScript game (like this one, for example: https://github.com/luciopanepinto/pacman ) and turn it into a MagicMirror module.

I have a bit of programming experiences with other languages but I’m only beginning to learn JavaScript and the whole MagicMirror module concept.

How would I be able to achieve this?

Thanks in advance!