Smart Mirror using Raspberry Pi: A Survey

Smart mirror, which continues to grow vastly, plays an important role in the future technology, providing both the functionalities of a mirror and the smart features that come with it to the users. The impact of such emerging technology would completely change the lives of the people on a day-to-day basis. In recent years everything is turning smart, such as smart home and smart cities. The smart mirror is one such device where a normal mirror acts as a smart device. This mirror represents a very graceful interface for glancing the information and can also be used for intrusion detection in a homely environment. It has different modes namely the regular mode where the mirror will act as a normal mirror and the smart mode where the mirror accepts external commands and displays relevant results. The smart mirror can be built using the Raspberry Pi-3 model along with the touch screen functionalities and voice commands.