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I'm having a hard time visualizing this. If I am standing directly in front of this mirror and slowly reach forward with my right hand until I touch the mirror
by naner 14y ago
I'm having a hard time visualizing this.
If I am standing directly in front of this mirror and slowly reach forward with my right hand until I touch the mirror, will my hand be touching its mirrored self?
- adamman 14y agoI'm guessing that the only way you could touch the mirror image of your finger is by doing so in the middle of the mirror. If you move the finger out toward the shoulder, I'm betting your arm would stretch off the mirror away from your body. I could be totally wrong though.
- dllthomas 14y agoLook at the cover of the book that the trick mirror is resting on.
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- mbq 14y agoIt seems this mirror is especially shaped to project the ordinarily reflected image in a reversed way, thus putting an object near it surface will break the illusion and show skewed but normally reflected image.
- dllthomas 14y agoWhich seems to be what is going on with the book cover, in the picture in TFA.
- jere 14y agoTry this with a metal spoon. If you bring in your right hand, it will be on the left side, but extremely distorted.
- jonknee 14y agoIt should be easy enough to simulate with a webcam.