This post from OkupaTIC takes you through the journey of building a Pi based magic mirror. The results are awesome and they do a nice job of describing the process.

Looking for projects to mess with my first Raspberry, I came to the world of Magic Mirror. Since then and after a few months of learning and hundreds of tests and trials, I have completed my first “Magic Mirror” which, despite being very happy with the final result, I consider only a first prototype prior to major challenges to be faced in the future .

In essence, a Magic Mirror is nothing more than a (magical?) Mirror that, in addition to performing its function -more or less- as such, allows to display information of very different types with a wide range of configuration possibilities. Although something already existed previously, the popularity of these devices, which respond to the DIY (Do it Yourself) philosophy, is due to Michael Teeuw and the enormous and active community of makers existing around the world of the Magic Mirror.

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