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by 8n4vidtmkvmk 608 days ago
I think this would be cooler if the camera was somewhere different than the frame. Looking at an artistic mirror seems a little boring. Maybe make a 2nd one, and put it in someone else's house, and then feed the camera from one into the other. So you can look at the 'reflection' of someone else and have these little moments where you're both looking at the picture at the same time. Heck, make many so you never know who you're looking at. It'll be the Omegle of picture frames.
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that's a good idea but something completely different than OP wanted to accomplish.

i remember that this has been done already as an art installation in public places so people could see - and interact - with others from around the world.

edit: like this here - https://www.inavateonthenet.net/news/article/vc-art-installa...

> an art installation in public places so people could see - and interact - with others from around the world

Sure, and it wasn't long before this happened:

> It took less than a week for people eager to share their ‘assets’ with the world to shut down the visual portals set up between the cities of Dublin and New York on 8 May. Although the project was aimed at bringing people together and connecting cultures, a few visitors to the locations have decided to take the invitation of getting to know others to a whole other level.

https://traveltomorrow.com/new-york-dublin-portals-shut-down...

(One wonders why flashing is such a big problem that the whole installation needs to be shut down; but it seemed quite obvious from the start that people would try to do this...)

We're getting quite good at nudie filters. Can we not just black out the goods or the whole screen if they're detected?
That's pretty cool!