This is a perfect idea for a man cave. If I replace the double glazing window with partially transparent mirror with an LED strip along the inside, then the window will have a similar effect while allowing to see out of it. The window will let less light in, but that's perfect for a man cave!
I made one of theese where the regular mirror part was done with a mirror film. And there is a small gap of air between that mirror film and the back of the housing that I glued to be air tight. installed a large syringe hooked up to a tiny linear actuator so that I can force air in and out if this chamber which causes the mirror film to go concave too convex. it's really really cool but I didn't get it completely air tight so it only holds the pressure for a few seconds before it just equalizes and go flat. ...one day I'll find the motivation to fix it.
Try making one with 2 tubes of different diameters ( example: 3"O.D. on inner tube & 5" O.D. on outter tube or 5" & 7" / 7" & 9" etc. ) so that the space/void between the tubes is around 1 inch to get a deeper effect.
Would this make an effective privacy window, for night time, or would people still see in when the room lights are on? (with both mirrors being 2 way, so we can still see outside, of course). If they can still see inside, what if you stick a few x-mas lights in the middle of the glass, too? Is it private then?
Cool. Want to actually use an infinity mirror as a bathroom mirror too. Like to brush my teeth. Is this possible, or is it inevitably too dark in the middle to be functional for every day use?
From what I've seen, a lot of partially reflective layers seem to be a bit darker than regular mirrors. I recommend looking for some that's rated as a silver color. Here is a link to one that looks like it should be good for a mirror, but I haven't tried it myself: amzn.to/31QQkfJ If you try it, let me know how it works!
Multi-layer infinity mirrors with creativity applied to the differences in lighting between each layer. I'd guess there would be a ton of different ways to make the effect less pattern-like this way and that opens up a bunch of different artwork possibilities!
I'd like to see what it looks like if the LED strip is not a 2D circle but actually 1 loop of a helix, so the starting point is lower than the end point. Will it make the mirror appear to actually spiral inwards like looking through a coil spring of LEDs instead of appearing to have multiple parallel layers?
That would look awesome, and I have thought about that same layout a lot. Unfortunately it wouldn't make a perfect spiral. When it gets to the end on the physical spiral strip, the mirror would reflect it. Instead of continuing the spiral it would make the spiral reverse. It would still look cool though. Especially if there were a few loops in the spiral.
@@HowDoYouDIY Oh damn you're right. I really wanted to get a spiral wormhole type effect. I guess the next best thing is maybe make two spirals spinning in opposite directions, so when they reflect they complete each other? I can't picture it in my head...
i don't know if it would show on camera very well but replacing one side on a subwoofer with this bendy plastic would make it vibrate and make interesting shapes. as some frequencies it might even stabilize and create shapes similar to the shapes they got when the wrapped a speaker with a cloth and place some sand on top. should be an interesting experiment to do.
I've done this with a shadow box that has 2 pieces of glass. It was very convenient because I didn't have to build much. Mostly just slightly modified it.
@@HowDoYouDIY I was just wondering how it would work out if you used dual pane glass. Because then you would get two reflections from that one piece of glass.
@@HowDoYouDIY I bought some "Mirror Tint" on Amazon. I don't think it's going to work out too good. It's not very reflective. Even with bright ambient light hitting the mirror side, I can still see through it. And my eyesight sucks.
The mirror on the right it's most beautiful than the mirror on the left . Can you tell me , the tint you make it inside the mirror or outside ?? Thank you so much .
what if you use big diffused blocks of light, instead of tiny round LEDs? Would that create a faux valance window effect around the top of a small room? Or maybe make it look like an opaque white skylight? If the 2 way mirror is dome shaped, will it look like a dome skylight on the ceiling? What if the 1 way mirror in back is really two mirrors, leaning against eachother?
I loved the idea. Great video.. My suggestion for new feature - 4:36 - 4:42 - What if we stick the bottom panel to an eccentric shaft and couple this shaft with a high torque (less rpm) DC Motor.. then basically we can get a continuous motion of exactly what you did with your hands from 4:36 - 4:42 Would look cool af for a desktop piece. Can also switch off the DC motor when not needed.. ;) Let me know, if you try that.. Unfortunately I do not have the right equipment to try it out myself. But would love to do it one day! :) Cheers!
That would look amazing! I've been thinking about that myself. Drill a home in the center of the back panel to bolt it to the shaft. Then instead of using tint on the back panel, use a chrome vinyl. Then if the cycling of the mirror is just right it would look like it's breathing. And color changing lights with an Arduino so that the colors cycle to match the"breathing". I love your idea!
What happens if you put an object in between the glass panels? Does the object become "infinity" as well? And does thicker glass yield greater results?
I've seen some videos from other people that put things between the panels, and they do seem to give some infinity effect. As far as the thickness of the glass, it depends more on the distance between reflecting surfaces. The more distance between reflections will result in a deeper effect, even with the same number of reflections. So if the reflecting surface is on the outside of the glass it will look deeper with thicker glass.
Shaped lenses can be quite expensive. If you want to do it for cheap, you could make the edges of the mirror airtight to create a vacuum chamber, then inflate/deflate the lenses (creating the concave/convex effect)
Could you use a heat gun to deform the top mirror? My first thought is it might destroy the mirror film. If it does not destroy it the film the result would be a cool deformed portal shape. Great for Cthulhu and friends come a knocking!!!
What about the glass of a bottle, or lens of glasses. I wonder how they would look if magnified or weird looking after seeing glasses lens big enough to create an infinity mirror or glass bottle infinity mirror.
use your double effect but put ACRYLIC BLOCK in the middle ..this will light up and create a infinity block effect .. BUT ADD LED lights inside the walls of the acrylic block and turn it on then turn on the leds for the infinity mirror
Have you seen the endless artificial skylight from coelux ? I'm wondering how it can be done, I wonder if what your doing in this video can have something to do with it, maybe using the bendable Fresnel lens with the mirror on one side?
Wonder what it would look like if the regular mirrored side was not flat but slight concave or ?? Also maybe have a tiered light set up. Maybe 2 or 3 rows of lights and option of cycling or something.
Those are great ideas to explore! I haven't thought of using a concave mirror, but I bet to would with good. And having more than one row of lights could allow some awesome effects!
That's an awesome idea!! Here's a video I made for my second channel where I used a curved mirror in an infinity mirror ua-cam.com/video/nT3SuE0uSf8/v-deo.html It actually turned out amazing!
Looks like it's a super sci fi communication device. I think if you try to play with some lasers, you can create rudimentary and then human figures. That would revolutionize everything that exists on the market today: D. What you did here seems to me closer to hologram.
what about bolting the plastic with a curvature?? That would give a permanent warping to the tunnel. And maybe experiment what happens when you bent each side in a different direction.
I think instead of bolting the curvature in place, using a heat gun to soften the plastic would make it easier to make the warp. And I love your idea of bending each side differently!
That's a good idea! Mylar would be very easy to do this with. And if it's sealed well, a little change in air pressure would make it look like it's breathing!
This is a perfect idea for a man cave. If I replace the double glazing window with partially transparent mirror with an LED strip along the inside, then the window will have a similar effect while allowing to see out of it. The window will let less light in, but that's perfect for a man cave!
Try adding a vibrating speaker to it the light should pulsate the beat.
I made one of theese where the regular mirror part was done with a mirror film. And there is a small gap of air between that mirror film and the back of the housing that I glued to be air tight. installed a large syringe hooked up to a tiny linear actuator so that I can force air in and out if this chamber which causes the mirror film to go concave too convex. it's really really cool but I didn't get it completely air tight so it only holds the pressure for a few seconds before it just equalizes and go flat. ...one day I'll find the motivation to fix it.
That would be so cool to see!!!
What if you put a small infinity mirror in between the layers of the second infinity mirror, and then tilted it?
Try making one with 2 tubes of different diameters ( example: 3"O.D. on inner tube & 5" O.D. on outter tube or 5" & 7" / 7" & 9" etc. ) so that the space/void between the tubes is around 1 inch to get a deeper effect.
I'd love to see what happens if the flexible mirror is curved, or dome shaped (both concave and convex)!
Wow that was gr8. Thank you
Thanks!
Would this make an effective privacy window, for night time, or would people still see in when the room lights are on? (with both mirrors being 2 way, so we can still see outside, of course). If they can still see inside, what if you stick a few x-mas lights in the middle of the glass, too? Is it private then?
Do you think there is any kind of way to motorize that warping effect? Would make for an even cooler (and harder [lol]) project
That would be cool, like traveling through the tunnel!
You could have 2 strips of LEDs and have them alternate. That should make a "moving" effect.
I agree, that would look awesome! And double the rows would also double the depth effect.
have u try to fill water in the center ?! it awesome
could you imagine this as a giant arcade game screen for like some starship racing or something along those lines?
Cool. Want to actually use an infinity mirror as a bathroom mirror too. Like to brush my teeth. Is this possible, or is it inevitably too dark in the middle to be functional for every day use?
From what I've seen, a lot of partially reflective layers seem to be a bit darker than regular mirrors. I recommend looking for some that's rated as a silver color. Here is a link to one that looks like it should be good for a mirror, but I haven't tried it myself:
amzn.to/31QQkfJ
If you try it, let me know how it works!
Multi-layer infinity mirrors with creativity applied to the differences in lighting between each layer. I'd guess there would be a ton of different ways to make the effect less pattern-like this way and that opens up a bunch of different artwork possibilities!
I'd like to see what it looks like if the LED strip is not a 2D circle but actually 1 loop of a helix, so the starting point is lower than the end point. Will it make the mirror appear to actually spiral inwards like looking through a coil spring of LEDs instead of appearing to have multiple parallel layers?
That would look awesome, and I have thought about that same layout a lot. Unfortunately it wouldn't make a perfect spiral. When it gets to the end on the physical spiral strip, the mirror would reflect it. Instead of continuing the spiral it would make the spiral reverse. It would still look cool though. Especially if there were a few loops in the spiral.
@@HowDoYouDIY Oh damn you're right. I really wanted to get a spiral wormhole type effect. I guess the next best thing is maybe make two spirals spinning in opposite directions, so when they reflect they complete each other? I can't picture it in my head...
Ooo, that could work! I'm also trying to work it out in my head, but I think it's do-able. Definitely going to figure this out.
@@HowDoYouDIY I'll definitely watch if you post a video experimenting with that.
i don't know if it would show on camera very well but replacing one side on a subwoofer with this bendy plastic would make it vibrate and make interesting shapes. as some frequencies it might even stabilize and create shapes similar to the shapes they got when the wrapped a speaker with a cloth and place some sand on top. should be an interesting experiment to do.
Have you tried using a dual pane piece of glass?
I've done this with a shadow box that has 2 pieces of glass. It was very convenient because I didn't have to build much. Mostly just slightly modified it.
@@HowDoYouDIY I was just wondering how it would work out if you used dual pane glass. Because then you would get two reflections from that one piece of glass.
Oh, I see what you mean. I've added the film to both sides of a single pane, but not a dual pane. Could be interesting to try. 🤔
@@HowDoYouDIY I bought some "Mirror Tint" on Amazon. I don't think it's going to work out too good. It's not very reflective. Even with bright ambient light hitting the mirror side, I can still see through it. And my eyesight sucks.
The mirror on the right it's most beautiful than the mirror on the left . Can you tell me , the tint you make it inside the mirror or outside ?? Thank you so much .
I put the tint on the inside of the mirror, but it should also work if it's on the outside.
Thank you so much .
Reminded me of a speaker cone. I wonder if you could use a speaker coil so it would change with the beat of the music.
That would be a cool idea to try!
what if you use big diffused blocks of light, instead of tiny round LEDs? Would that create a faux valance window effect around the top of a small room? Or maybe make it look like an opaque white skylight? If the 2 way mirror is dome shaped, will it look like a dome skylight on the ceiling? What if the 1 way mirror in back is really two mirrors, leaning against eachother?
Your voice puts me to sleep. Not sure if I can watch again without sleeping
I loved the idea. Great video..
My suggestion for new feature - 4:36 - 4:42 - What if we stick the bottom panel to an eccentric shaft and couple this shaft with a high torque (less rpm) DC Motor.. then basically we can get a continuous motion of exactly what you did with your hands from 4:36 - 4:42
Would look cool af for a desktop piece. Can also switch off the DC motor when not needed.. ;)
Let me know, if you try that.. Unfortunately I do not have the right equipment to try it out myself. But would love to do it one day! :) Cheers!
That would look amazing! I've been thinking about that myself. Drill a home in the center of the back panel to bolt it to the shaft. Then instead of using tint on the back panel, use a chrome vinyl. Then if the cycling of the mirror is just right it would look like it's breathing. And color changing lights with an Arduino so that the colors cycle to match the"breathing". I love your idea!
@@HowDoYouDIY Yeah that sounds even better..!! Give me a heads up when you do complete this feature.. Have fun! :)
Thank you very much
What happens if you put an object in between the glass panels? Does the object become "infinity" as well? And does thicker glass yield greater results?
I've seen some videos from other people that put things between the panels, and they do seem to give some infinity effect. As far as the thickness of the glass, it depends more on the distance between reflecting surfaces. The more distance between reflections will result in a deeper effect, even with the same number of reflections. So if the reflecting surface is on the outside of the glass it will look deeper with thicker glass.
It's looking great. 👍 👍 👍 👍
Use a sheet of reflective balloon material for the back mirror and use + and - air pressure inside the infinity mirror to control it :)
That's a good idea 💡
Have you tried using a heat gun to deform the plexiglass so as to not have to worry about cracking it?
Not yet, but I think that's the best way to do that.
How about adding a concave or convex lens?
That would look cool! I found a mirror that's concave on one side and convex on the other side to try that with.
Shaped lenses can be quite expensive. If you want to do it for cheap, you could make the edges of the mirror airtight to create a vacuum chamber, then inflate/deflate the lenses (creating the concave/convex effect)
You could use this to make a Fabry-Perot etalon inteferometer.... would be cool to see the inteference pattern of a laser source.
Could you use a heat gun to deform the top mirror? My first thought is it might destroy the mirror film. If it does not destroy it the film the result would be a cool deformed portal shape. Great for Cthulhu and friends come a knocking!!!
You could use a heat gun, that should work pretty well. Just add the film after it's shaped.
Different course light bulbs. And warping the glass looked way cooler but good luck sticking that together
Superb
Thanks!
What about the glass of a bottle, or lens of glasses. I wonder how they would look if magnified or weird looking after seeing glasses lens big enough to create an infinity mirror or glass bottle infinity mirror.
That would be interesting to try out!
2mm - is it acrylic glass or some think else?
Yes it is acrylic with reflective film.
use your double effect but put ACRYLIC BLOCK in the middle ..this will light up and create a infinity block effect ..
BUT ADD LED lights inside the walls of the acrylic block and turn it on then turn on the leds for the infinity mirror
awesome!!
I'm curious what having black-backed glitter pain inside the mirror would look like.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU PLACED AN OBJECT BETWEEN THE MIRRORS?
I'll have to try that, but it should reflect the object over and over just like the LEDs
Have you seen the endless artificial skylight from coelux ?
I'm wondering how it can be done,
I wonder if what your doing in this video can have something to do with it, maybe using the bendable Fresnel lens with the mirror on one side?
I haven't seen that, I'll have to check it out.
What happens if you mount the light on the mirror surface.
If you view it from an angle it should still give the effect somewhat, but every other row in would be blocked partially from the strip.
Wonder what it would look like if the regular mirrored side was not flat but slight concave or ?? Also maybe have a tiered light set up. Maybe 2 or 3 rows of lights and option of cycling or something.
Those are great ideas to explore! I haven't thought of using a concave mirror, but I bet to would with good. And having more than one row of lights could allow some awesome effects!
Your contents is very good keep it on bro
what about a curved infinity mirror?
That's an awesome idea!! Here's a video I made for my second channel where I used a curved mirror in an infinity mirror ua-cam.com/video/nT3SuE0uSf8/v-deo.html
It actually turned out amazing!
could try and use double glazing window - as you get a double reflection - just a thought 😁😁😁😁
Could be interesting to try, thanks for the idea!
Looks like it's a super sci fi communication device. I think if you try to play with some lasers, you can create rudimentary and then human figures. That would revolutionize everything that exists on the market today: D. What you did here seems to me closer to hologram.
Cool af
Thanks!
What if you put a clock inside? Imagine how cool
I've seen some online, they look cool! I've even programmed one to be a clock.
LED clock
what about bolting the plastic with a curvature??
That would give a permanent warping to the tunnel.
And maybe experiment what happens when you bent each side in a different direction.
I think instead of bolting the curvature in place, using a heat gun to soften the plastic would make it easier to make the warp. And I love your idea of bending each side differently!
make it in to a speaker
I want my bedroom's floor to be like that
That would be so cool in the floor!
its completely possible if u make a shit ton of them and use thicker Plexiglas for the tops lay the whole floor like you do tiles
😍😘😘😘
connect this mirror with arduino.
try to do a monster form infinity mirror... those lights looks like a shark teeth try to give a more ovoid to give the mouth effect... :D
"ovoid form" sorry
That would look cool!
Has anyone ever gone as far as trying to make a nebula mirror
A nebula mirror? 🤔
try a flexible frame
The new video on my channel is awesome.
Asmr voice tbh
mylar
That's a good idea! Mylar would be very easy to do this with. And if it's sealed well, a little change in air pressure would make it look like it's breathing!