No Reflection Ghost Mirror
30 Oct 2009, written by Revelation 24 Comments
Reflect on this: what if you could see your surroundings – completely crisp and clear – mirrored in the surface before you, but your own image would not come into focus? Sure to freak out friends and Halloween guests, this appropriately-named wall-hanging Ghost Mirror makes you seem like a spirit in the middle of your own living room.
Through refractive tricks of physics, objects close to the mirror (designed by Oliver Sidet) do not seem nearer than they appear but rather more and more indistinct. As people approach the unassuming and unadorned rectangular surface, they expect to get an ever-clearer image of themselves but instead slowly dissipate into nothingness.
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TJ
November 2, 2009 6:00 pm
As useful as a screen door in a submarine…
Bubba
November 3, 2009 10:06 am
Oh sure, it KNOWS whether what is being reflected is a person or just an object. PHOTOSHOPPED FAKE!
The Response to Bubba's comment
December 04 2009 08:08 am
JC
Yeah dude, read the article before you comment, dumbass
November 08 2009 23:24 pm
Bubbaisdumb
Bubba your a dumbass PHOTOSHOPPED FAKE!? You think this site woukd put this up if it were? Obviously you have no grasp of science
November 20 2009 10:04 am
GuyTrap
It doesn't matter if you're a person or not, what matters is how close the person or object is to the mirror.
AM
November 3, 2009 2:44 pm
Of course it’s not useful, but not everything has to be. It’s neat, that’s all.
Also, it doesn’t KNOW there’s a person, if you read the description it says as objects get closer they become more and more indistinct. Since the people in the pictures are close and the reflected objects clearly are not…well, anyway, this would be a sweet Halloween item!
And of course it’s photoshopped, everything on the internet is if there’s a forum involved.
The Response to AM's comment
December 05 2009 09:05 am
tj
I wouldn't say it's unuseful. Think of it in terms of decoration. Think of the places you've been that use mirrors on walls to create false sense of space in the room. Now, imagine that you've used *these* mirrors, instead.
Ben
November 3, 2009 2:49 pm
Bubba, I don’t think you understood the concept or looked at the picture. The closer you are to the more the more it blurs. So if you’re standing a considerable distance you probably would be able to see yourself, but up close it doesn’t really reflect.
kim
November 6, 2009 9:07 pm
don’t they have one of those at disney world? i know i’ve seen a mirror do something like this before…
(also: read the description, people.)
digifresh
November 8, 2009 1:44 pm
bubba i kinda want to hit you right now
you probably know nothing of photo shop read the damn article is not shopped
Jared
November 9, 2009 6:13 pm
oh yeah, photoshopped. I can tell from the pixels. haha!
but really, bubba is a dumbass
CDog
November 19, 2009 4:48 pm
Cleveland Steamer.
bong hits
November 25, 2009 1:04 am
you are all idoits they are vampires
Anonymous
December 2, 2009 3:21 pm
Don’t be ridiculous, bong hits. Everyone knows vampires just sparkle in the sunlight.
Jaims
December 2, 2009 5:44 pm
SHOOPPPED!
bubbagump
December 2, 2009 6:38 pm
I think TJ and Bubba’s comments are photoshopped. artards…
bubbagump
December 3, 2009 2:41 pm
also i suck cocks
Latex Santa
December 5, 2009 4:33 am
Either he’s a satisfied troll or a retarded American. What else can you be on the internet these days?
Milo Balls
December 5, 2009 6:09 am
definitely photo shopped, the angles are all wrong.
Gadgeta
December 5, 2009 5:21 pm
Would be a fun effect for one night, but would get boring and useless after all your friends knew what it was.
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December 15, 2009 2:11 pm
Hey, ok, I get it, I guess – but does this really work?
ainslii
January 25, 2010 3:38 pm
what do you mean the angles are wrong??
you can only see the reflection not the original
it looks pretty neat
Brissa Jordan @BrissaJordan
February 16, 2010 9:54 pm
Cool effect, but don’t look “real” to me.