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A mirror which tilts slightly upward, but whose shape and frame is such that it looks perfectly rectangular from the front, so that it would reflect a higher part of the wall or scenery opposite than it seems. Standing in front of it, you would actually be below the level it reflects. If the mirror
was opposite a blank wall, the sky or something similarly homogenous, it would convey the illusion of invisibility to the viewer. This would work best in a shop window.
reminds me of this...
http://www.youtube....watch?v=scb20VmLAgI
[po, Aug 08 2006]
phlish's idea
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Halfbaked by me. Ages ago. [dbmag9, Aug 08 2006]
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Why would you expect to see yourself in
such a mirror? |
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This seems a little optimistic to me. Surely any reasonably observant person would notice the angle at which the rest of the room, relative to where their head should be, was at? |
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I'm also wondering why you'd want to fool someone into thinking they're a vampire. But perhaps I just shouldn't think too deeply on it. |
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“Huh...either I’m a vampire, or I’m that fly on the ceiling.” |
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If you get the chance to see it from very different angles then yes, it would be obvious what was going on, but if you walked past a shop with a row of normal mirrors with one of these in the middle then there would be a series of reflections of you followed by no reflection, followed by more reflections, with the result that it would attract attention to the shop, and perhaps persuade you to go in. Similarly with an art installation: reflections of the observer followed by no reflection, in a sort of Magritte style. |
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//and perhaps persuade you to go in//
So you see yourself, and then you don't see yourself, and you wonder, did I already go in? So you go in to check. |
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yes, but I am the invisible man...what's this talk about vampires? |
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Well, if the rooms were quite bare, yes. This happens in bars sometimes when one is impaired. |
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If one built an exact opposite room, but did put you in it, then you would be inpaired. |
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Sorry phlish, I already halfbaked that one. |
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take a picture of the area that you want the mirror to reflect, and blow it up. then mount it behind a pane of glass and pretend it's a mirror. |
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Needs a disclaimer.
Something like: (objects in mirror are way more there than they appear) |
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I like this, but it does depend very heavily on context; it would have to be part of some larger set-up which would, as it were, massage the viewer's expectations. |
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I was thinking a piece of plastic with the reflection painted onto it. |
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If you went with dbmag9/phlish's idea, you could pay a mime-artist to twat about behind it, pretending to be the visitor. Bugs bunny was good at this, if I recall. |
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Maybe the whole world is Count Dracula's lucid dream. |
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Makes you wonder how Count Dracula got that part in his hair so straight ... |
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It might explain why it was in the middle. |
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I think this could be cool in a bar with shelving built around it, so that no one really notices the angle. |
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Well, with shelving or cabinets built around it to hide the angles it would be nice in a lot of places. I would put it behind a reception desk in a spa where the view across from it would be large windows that overlook a garden. It would definately make a small area look bigger if used in that way. |
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Tcarson said
"take a picture of the area that you want the mirror to reflect, and blow it up. then mount it behind a pane of glass and pretend it's a mirror." |
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Tcarson. Brilliant idea! I've always wondered how to make a mirror with no reflection! It's so simple. Why didn't I think of that! |
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