Hey there!

This is the concept for my Smart Magic Mirror. (I’m still looking for a better name for this, maybe “Nova Mirror” or “Echo Glass” – any ideas?)

It works just like a normal wall mirror does, but it has a build in screen at the top which projects information right into the glass. This information consists of different widgets that can be selected and positioned individually. My ideas for such widgets are:

• Weather
• Apple calender and reminders
• Apple fitness and health
• Spotify
• Smart-Home (e. g. smart-thermometers)

(If you have Ideas for other widgets, feel free to comment those!)

Ok, so those widgets show why it’s called the “Magic Mirror”, but why “Smart”?
Because I want to turn this mirror into a whole Smart-Home-Assistant powered by AI. The mirror has a built in microphone. This way you can tell your mirror to

• Turn on your lights or change colors
• Close your blinds or change their position
• Play a song via Spotify

… and much more. You can also ask your mirror for additional information from your widgets like

• When will the sun go down today?
• What should I wear today?
• What song is currently playing?
• How many calories are still missing for my goal today?

or for information of the internet. The mirror basically acts like an Amazon Alexa or a Google Nest.
With the help of AI your mirror can also answer your complex questions, but you don’t have to link that if you don’t want to or don’t need it.
If you want your mirror to talk to you and answer your questions via TTS instead of showing them on the glass you can also add a USB-speaker to it.

The mirror falls asleep after a set amount of time and automatically awakens when you step in front of it, due to the invisible radar sensor behind the glass. You can still ask it questions or give comands when its asleep.

On the top are 5 buttons. One of them shuts the mirror down completely (if you want to sleep next to it like me) and starts it again, one is for muting the microphone and the other three can be bound to anything you want. Of course you can move those buttons to the side of the mirror (recommended if you are unter 1,60m), change the amount or remove them entirely (e. g. if you want to shut down or start the mirror with your phone)

After building and preparing the micro-SD-card for the Pi you will be able to configure everything through a web interface.

The first version will definitely require some 3D-printed parts.

This is still only a concept but I hope will be able to start develloping soon.
If you have any ideas for improvement please comment them.
Okay, this poorly written devlog finally comes to an end, I’m sorry for every english-speaker who broke 3 bones while reading this.