Built an interactive ‘magic mirror’ installation for Perry Ellis in Macy’s Herald Square
Consulting Creative Technologist · New York, NY · 2015
Perry Ellis debuted its “Shop of the Future” in Macy’s Herald Square, built with The Science Project. The shop ran in three zones: a video wall, a proximity mirror and a lighting display, powered by five Mac Minis (one for the video wall, three for the mirror zone, one central server).
I built the magic mirror. An ultrasonic proximity sensor on an Arduino, read by a Raspberry Pi, told a Meteor server in real time when a shopper stepped up to it; the server triggered the mirror and its two displays, drove the colors of the lighting display, and synced the shop’s media from the content system every night.
Photo: MR Magazine.
More: MR Magazine, “Perry Ellis Debuts ‘Shop of the Future’ Retail Concept at Macy’s Herald Square”.
Arduino · Python · Meteor