How This Guy Makes Amazing Mechanical Mirrors | Obsessed | WIRED

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A WIRED Obsessed short profiling Daniel Rozin, who builds mechanical mirrors from arrays of motors and tiles such as wood pieces. Each element tilts or moves to turn the viewer's image into an abstract, physical picture in real time.

HN people share it as a mesmerizing example of interactive physical art and as a reference whenever pixel-like arrays come up.

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@surprisetalk2026 · in “Guy Makes Mechanical Mirrors [video]”
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@diplodocusaur2021 · in “3D printed mirror array”
There is an artist (at least) that uses arrays of motorized parts to create a similar effect ▶ this video mesmerizing
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@jonnydubowsky2021 · in “Vestaboard – A smart display to connect and inspire”
This looks beautiful. I love analog tile boards. My favorite greeted the students at NYU ITP every day, a wooden tile "mirror" by Daniel Rozin. ▶ this video
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@ColinWright2021 · in “Guy Makes Mechanical Mirrors”
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@frabbit2019 · in “Interactive Pixellated Mirror Displays”
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@tantalor2021 · in “I keep making things out of checkboxes”
Reminds me Rozin's mechanical mirrors. ▶ this video