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Reading your question closely, I think what you're asking is "Can the reflection feature Augmented Reality?" (that's why you mention a camera and real-timeness)
by pierrec 11y ago
Reading your question closely, I think what you're asking is "Can the reflection feature Augmented Reality?" (that's why you mention a camera and real-timeness)
In which case I believe the answer is no, we can't currently do AR in a reflection. In order to match the viewer's perspective, you'd have to either use eye tracking (kind of a poor solution for something as shareable as a mirror); or use a multiscopic display, a technology that doesn't currently exist at any acceptable resolution.
It might be possible to implement a limited sort of AR where the mirror's added content is on a plane at a fixed distance by a trick of lenses. But if you or any object sits between the virtual plane and the mirror, there wouldn't be any occlusion, so it would somewhat break the illusion.
- planb 11y agoYou're right, that's what I had in mind but I didn't think this far... Thanks for clearing this up.
- kuschku 11y ago> or use a multiscopic display, a technology that doesn't currently exist at any acceptable resolution. That’s definitely wrong. REALEYES[1] has built some prototypes, although they only sell static ones. At my university we actually have a high-resolution (1080p) multiscopic display from them. It’s just 80'000k EUR
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- pierrec 11y ago[1]: http://real-eyes.eu/ http://real-eyes.eu/ Well, a "static multiscopic display" is essentially an old-school hologram, we've had those for a while. Their website doesn't appear to mention any real multiscopic display yet. I'd be curious to know the number of viewing angles and axes of the experimental display you mention. 1080p is only half the information: if it has the angular resolution of a Nintendo 3DS, it would very much fall out of the acceptable zone, especially if your goal is to superimpose any sort of AR on a mirror.
- kuschku 11y agoWell, they have one non-static version (one single prototype) that’s standing around at my uni. Every 2mm by 2mm square has 256 by 256 pixels. The viewing angle is approximately 90° in both horizontal and vertical. Well, it’s only one single non-static prototype, and the parters[1] have given up on the project. But it is possible, and really impressive. ---------------- [1]: Research partners: Fraunhofer IPM & Fraunhofer IPT Industry partners: RealEyes GmbH & AutoPan GmbH & Co & Euromediahouse GmbH & Meuser Optik GmbH & Kleinhempel Ink-Jet-Center GmbH Associate partners: Viaoptic GmbH & Soul Pix
- tracker1 11y agoOooooooh... just thought of something that would be cool, would be if the mirror could detect who is in front of it... say as a bathroom mirror, and display the calendar of the person there... minimal facial recognition, wouldn't be too hard to do.