Microsoft has developed a smart mirror that displays all the updates you need before leaving for work. Called Magic Mirror, this device recognizes and greets users, reads emotion and displays the weather, time and other relevant information. The cutting-edge technology was recently demonstrated at the InnovFest Unbound 2016, a digital technology conference in Singapore. It is a one-way mirror that is made smart with an LCD*-lit (liquid crystal display) screen sitting behind it and shows white UI* (user interface) elements on a black background. When the display is powered on, users can see both their reflection and the white elements in the mirror. Magic Mirror uses Windows Hello technology for facial recognition and Raspberry Pi powers the device. “To power the mirror, we chose a Raspberry Pi because of its popularity, price point, support, and hardware specification,” Microsoft stated in a blog post. All this magic is done by a built-in camera integrated with a facial-recognition system, which can recognize eight different emotions, such as anger and happiness.(SD-Agencies) |