@Shakeitupyes If you are talking about when it goes nearly off. I turned it from automatic mode to manual mode. Auto makes it flash a sequence of colors. Manual lets you add whatever amount of RBG into the mix. It was originally set to the lowest value and then I turned up the knobs.
@Shakeitupyes Thanks demigod I understand the question now. Even with a 100% reflective mirror, some light must get to your eyes through the half mirror on top. Every time the half mirror reflects half of that light is lost. Other reasons exist like demi's thought that there is no such thing as a true 100% mirror. If you want a longer illusion you have to use a more than 50% reflectivity. This means though that you need a darker room to see the illusion.
@pdeboer1987 Also, I think the image would be dimmer as less light is coming out. There may be more image duplication, but the less observation light must have a 2 edgged sword effect. I have a lot of trouble seeing more than 11 imdups of led point lights. I HAVE managed to raise the definition in terms of more graffic resolutions.A wall of flashlights for instance, similar to Larry Llund's "Bottomless Pit". I guess it's true...everything you observe changes.
@fubleduck There are more factors to how many reflections you can see other than the amount of light provided by the LED's. As the reflectivity of the top mirror goes up so do the # of reflections. As the space between the mirrors decreases, the #of reflections goes up, but the perceived depth goes down. My mirror looks like it shows 11 or so as well. The depth however is something like 20'. It looks like the barrel leads into a hole in the floor.
@pdeboer1987 Everything you observe changes. I have trouble getting more than about 12 image duplications of led pointlights. I HAVE gotten lower numbers of high resolution images, as Larry Llund did w/ his "Bottomless Pit" (I like to call them "chinascopes)
@Taylorwhoauhyea The barrel was 20$. The two light strips from deal extreme for something like 35$. The mirror and table top from IKEA were about 30$. Miscellaneous electronics from Sayal Electronics were about 10$. The two way film was about 30$. I used a lot of scrap too though; shelving brackets I had and knobs I took from an old oscilloscope I found and a foam bed roll. So grand total of 125$ Canadian. It might not be worth that much to buy, but I had fun building it.
I all depends on how far apart the mirrors are and how bright your lights are. half the light is lost every time it bounces off the half mirror so reduce the number of times it bounces and increase the starting light amount. Might I suggest doing this with an analog clock. I want to but I have school now
@pdeboer1987 since a good amount of light is lost with each bounce, simply increase the distance between the mirrors. The number of bounces remains, but the distance between each is increased.
@kjun13 Increasing the distance between the mirrors will also decrease the number of visible bounces because the light has further to travel.
What we are trying to say is experiment with the distance between the mirrors to see where the illusion is strongest.
The depth of the illusion is not the most important parameter either. If the light bands are further apart the illusion gets more obvious. The width to distance between should be about 4:1 to get something that looks like mine.
Steve Jobs didn't die... he jumped through one of these things. ;)
ForgerOfPie 2 months ago
What type of second mirror did you use in front? a two way mirror? please help :)
MrStetzz 3 months ago
@MrStetzz I bought a glass table top from IKEA (~20$) and applied a GILA window film (~40$) that is semi reflective making it a two way mirror.
pdeboer1987 3 months ago
made it to were i can flug my ipod into one. its amasing stoned!
ivanblanton081 5 months ago
Switching to Hyper-speed in 3...2...1...
PivotDude90thCentury 10 months ago
why does it eventually go black?
Shakeitupyes 1 year ago
@Shakeitupyes If you are talking about when it goes nearly off. I turned it from automatic mode to manual mode. Auto makes it flash a sequence of colors. Manual lets you add whatever amount of RBG into the mix. It was originally set to the lowest value and then I turned up the knobs.
pdeboer1987 1 year ago
@Shakeitupyes
It's because no mirror actually reflects 100% of the light. So with each reflection, the light fades away bit by bit.
Demigodish4o3 1 year ago
@Shakeitupyes Thanks demigod I understand the question now. Even with a 100% reflective mirror, some light must get to your eyes through the half mirror on top. Every time the half mirror reflects half of that light is lost. Other reasons exist like demi's thought that there is no such thing as a true 100% mirror. If you want a longer illusion you have to use a more than 50% reflectivity. This means though that you need a darker room to see the illusion.
pdeboer1987 1 year ago
@pdeboer1987 interesting. that makes sense though.
Shakeitupyes 11 months ago
@pdeboer1987 Also, I think the image would be dimmer as less light is coming out. There may be more image duplication, but the less observation light must have a 2 edgged sword effect. I have a lot of trouble seeing more than 11 imdups of led point lights. I HAVE managed to raise the definition in terms of more graffic resolutions.A wall of flashlights for instance, similar to Larry Llund's "Bottomless Pit". I guess it's true...everything you observe changes.
fubleduck 2 months ago
@fubleduck There are more factors to how many reflections you can see other than the amount of light provided by the LED's. As the reflectivity of the top mirror goes up so do the # of reflections. As the space between the mirrors decreases, the #of reflections goes up, but the perceived depth goes down. My mirror looks like it shows 11 or so as well. The depth however is something like 20'. It looks like the barrel leads into a hole in the floor.
pdeboer1987 2 months ago
@pdeboer1987 Everything you observe changes. I have trouble getting more than about 12 image duplications of led pointlights. I HAVE gotten lower numbers of high resolution images, as Larry Llund did w/ his "Bottomless Pit" (I like to call them "chinascopes)
fubleduck 2 months ago
Using the speed of light to fool human eye! Sweet!
blizard0717 1 year ago
Greetings from Ontario Canada. Can you please tell me, or link me to the type of lights you used in this mirror?
Ekmonas 1 year ago
@Ekmonas Hey fellow Canadian, I'm from Toronto FYI. I ordered 2 of these:
Waterproof 1-Meter 4.5W 30-LED RGB Light Strip (DC 12V)
I used the driving circuit to drive 2 strips. it hasn't burned out yet. You'll notice it gets hot even when driving only one though.
pdeboer1987 1 year ago
how much was that thing????????????
Taylorwhoauhyea 1 year ago
@Taylorwhoauhyea The barrel was 20$. The two light strips from deal extreme for something like 35$. The mirror and table top from IKEA were about 30$. Miscellaneous electronics from Sayal Electronics were about 10$. The two way film was about 30$. I used a lot of scrap too though; shelving brackets I had and knobs I took from an old oscilloscope I found and a foam bed roll. So grand total of 125$ Canadian. It might not be worth that much to buy, but I had fun building it.
pdeboer1987 1 year ago
lol i really feel like jumping
RsChucKSBBQ 1 year ago
One of the best infinity mirrors videos on YouTube - I love the colour changing - Nice work!
Uberlaser 1 year ago
Thats a really nice one! Im going to build one, How do you make yours look so mucher deeper than all the other ones?
MagicEricGiliam 1 year ago
@MagicEricGiliam
I all depends on how far apart the mirrors are and how bright your lights are. half the light is lost every time it bounces off the half mirror so reduce the number of times it bounces and increase the starting light amount. Might I suggest doing this with an analog clock. I want to but I have school now
pdeboer1987 1 year ago
@pdeboer1987 since a good amount of light is lost with each bounce, simply increase the distance between the mirrors. The number of bounces remains, but the distance between each is increased.
kjun13 1 year ago
@kjun13 Increasing the distance between the mirrors will also decrease the number of visible bounces because the light has further to travel.
What we are trying to say is experiment with the distance between the mirrors to see where the illusion is strongest.
The depth of the illusion is not the most important parameter either. If the light bands are further apart the illusion gets more obvious. The width to distance between should be about 4:1 to get something that looks like mine.
pdeboer1987 1 year ago
@pdeboer1987 I literally just started building, thank you for the clarification. I'll post a video when I'm finished.
kjun13 1 year ago
@pdeboer1987 Is there an "aparent depth" limit? I think I achieved at least about 5 or 6 '. I have them on Youtube.
fubleduck 2 months ago
How do you make that? Its so cool :)
AHappyPony 1 year ago
it looks like a fancy portal to another dimension... THat's really cool
Sal0pe69 1 year ago
@Sal0pe69 Whoop I have a fan! check out my 2 newest vids just uploaded tonight.
pdeboer1987 1 year ago