How can you make your own Smart Look?
Smart look was designed for an open-ended user group and we welcome everyone, individuals who are engaging in DIY projects, to try to make your very own Smart Look. Our primary objective for its design was to use open-source softwares and rather inexpensive tools so that our users are not restricted by any licensing and registration access. Additionally, we focused on keeping costs low since we were on a budget, which meant adjusting the size of the mirror and using mirror sheets instead of a dielectric mirror. However, we also have recommendations for materials for those who are not concerned about budget but rather having the best product.
TV or monitor of your choice
*display frame size must match IR frame size for accurate touch experience*
Gives the product a mirror-like experience
*use of dielectric mirror recommended for best mirror experence, must match screen size of display*
Single-board computer used to create smart mirror experience
*Raspberry Pi 4 model with 8GB RAM recommended or use of Rock Pi for best performance*
Retrofit touch screen overlay kit with light-emitting diodes and photoelectric sensors to add multi-touch functionality to any screen technology (IR overlay)
A dielectric mirror, also known as a Bragg mirror, is a type of mirror composed of multiple thin layers of dielectric material, typically deposited on a substrate of glass or some other optical material.
Its semi-transparent mirror coating that transforms it into a mirror when the display is off and it requires no electricity of its own. They allow flawless quality and incredible brightness compared to a two-way mirror(or films), ideal for DIY bedroom and living room mirror tv projects and commonly used for smart mirror applications.
Dielectric mirrors are the ideal mirror-type to A) reduce any reflections or glare on the mirror and B) maximize displayed content brightness when viewing content from any angle. Smart Look originally intended to use dielectric mirrors. However, due to limited expenses and risk of covid-event shipping delays, Smart Look opted into the lower quality one-way mirror films. You will notice that these one-way mirror films are not as "high quality" or reflective as dielectric mirrors. However, they are very cheap and, unlike mirrors, the mirror films are not in a risk of shatter
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