Best smart mirror software install#
Since we have a fresh install of Raspbian, we're going to install the Google Voice AIY software manually. I recommend just grabbing an acrylic mirror, but if you're strapped for cash and are feeling handy, this approach will work! However, after reading tons of reviews about this approach, it's hard to get a perfect result - every speck of dust or hair will show up tenfold. Then, buy some two-way mirror film from Amazon. You can save a few bucks by grabbing a custom-cut 13" x 13" glass pane from your local hardware store. Thickness: 3/16 (.177) inches - choose this size thinner acrylic mirrors can have a "funhouse mirror" effect.I ordered mine from TAP Plastics here for about $40 using these options: There are a few ways to obtain your mirror: Order a precut acrylic two-way mirror online (recommended)
Your two-way mirror can be made of glass or acrylic precut acrylic two-way mirrors are generally less expensive (and safer to work with) than precut glass two-way mirrors. To build a magic mirror the size of the pi-top CEED, we're going to need a 13" x 13" two-way mirror. The computerĪnd, of course, we'll be running all this on the third best-selling computer of all time: the $35 Raspberry Pi. :) If you want to use Alexa instead of Google Home for your magic mirror, install Alexa on your Raspberry Pi instead. If you just want to make a magic mirror (without the voice assistant), you can still use this guide simply skip the Google Home parts.
This mirror can do everything that Google's Assistant can do! The Google Voice Kit turns this mirror into a full-blown Google Home. The Google AIY Voice hardware and software Want to see if your train is running late? Or what time you need to leave for work based on current traffic patterns? Or maybe find a pet to adopt or see how the Tampa Bay Rays are doing? It's amazing what the community has built. The Magic Mirror dashboardīy default the Magic Mirror dashboard shows the weather, calendar you choose, news ticker, current time, and - once you get into it - literally hundreds of other modules.
It can be mitigated by reducing screen brightness based on the time of day or by using a light sensor. This is a bit of a downside but just the nature of two-way mirrors. Conversely, in a dark room, more of the screen becomes visible. In this way, a dark screen with white text will allow the text to be visible on the “mirror” side, producing a holographic effect. Like the mirrors in police interrogation rooms, the two-way mirror appears “mirror-like” from the brighter side, and “window-like” from the darker side. We'll install the Magic Mirror software on a Raspberry Pi computer, install the Google AIY Voice kit hardware and software, and then add a precut two-way mirror. As this highly-technical drawing shows, the basic idea here is to use the pi-top CEED as the display and housing for our magic mirror project.
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