A vision of multitasking
One man has found a way to convert a mirror in his living space into a giant iPhone touchscreen.
As Time.com discovered, from the comfort of his own mirror, the man — identified as Rafael Dymek, a web developer and graphic designer from New York — “can pop in and out of all his apps, which appear along the borders of his reflection. He can instantly get the weather, the news and bonus: let his friends know he’s running late on Facebook.”
In a write-up that accompanies Dymek’s YouTube video demo, the design includes widgets and apps that can be moved around and placed anywhere on the screen. The digital overlay of the mirror goes to sleep after 45 seconds of inactivity turning it into an ordinary mirror. The digital overlay can be resumed by simply tapping anywhere on the mirror. In the video, Dymek demonstrates fully functioning apps for Netflix, Uber, and news as well as apps that access smart lights, thermostats and other smart home applications. Users can also control wireless speakers for music.
Smart mirrors aren’t necessarily a new phenomenon. Earlier this year, Earlier this year, San Francisco-based engineer Ryan Nelwan offered YouTube viewers a similar demonstration of a working touchscreen mirror that runs on software he built.
And Dymek’s project appears to be an improvement on another Smart Mirror tutorial by one Dylan Pierce he posted last year on his blog (blog.dylanjpierce.com)
There’s no word whether Dymek’s invention will be made available to the public.