--- title: iPhone: Man Turns Mirror Into Giant Smartphone description: There's nothing he cannot do from the comfort of his own mirror. canonical: https://time.com/4513633/iphone-apple-mirror/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-29T20:29:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:11.250Z og:title: This Guy Basically Turned His Mirror Into a Giant iPhone og:description: It's a mirror, until you tap it and it's basically an iPad screen og:url: https://time.com/4513633/iphone-apple-mirror/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Guy Basically Turned His Mirror Into a Giant iPhone twitter:description: It's a mirror, until you tap it and it's basically an iPad screen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Guy Basically Turned His Mirror Into a Giant iPhone by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 29, 2016 8:29 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 29, 2016 8:29 PM UTC A man has created a smart mirror that lets him use his full-length mirror like a gigantic [Apple iPhone](http://time.com/4513334/iphone-7-3d-touch/). On Wednesday, a YouTube user shared his latest project, a mirror touchscreen designed after [Apple’s](http://time.com/4513214/apple-unveils-london-headquarters/) latest operating system. There’s nothing he cannot do from the comfort of his own mirror. He can pop in and out of all his apps, which appear along the borders of his reflection. He can instantly get the weather, the news and bonus: let his friends know he’s running late on Facebook (in case he’s still deciding on which outfit looks best). There’s more. When he watches _House of Cards_ on his Netflix [app](http://beta.fortune.com/fortune500/apple-3/), Frank Underwood looks transparent when he streams into focus, so he never has to take his eyes off himself. He says it goes to sleep after 45 seconds of inaction, but will instantly wake up at his touch, like all James Bond-style home decor. This mirror’s a real smarty-pants. Watch him demonstrate his smart living room project below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4513633/iphone-apple-mirror/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4513633/iphone-apple-mirror/"},"headline":"This Guy Basically Turned His Mirror Into a Giant iPhone","datePublished":"2016-09-29T20:29:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:11.250Z","description":"This mirror's a real smarty-pants","url":"https://time.com/4513633/iphone-apple-mirror/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Apple","Technology","Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4513633/iphone-apple-mirror/","name":"This Guy Basically Turned His Mirror Into a Giant iPhone"}}]}] ```