How to Build an Infinity Mirror!

Hey y'all! for this project I will show y'all how to build a really cool infinity mirror! and I will have a link below for a video on my YouTube channel for people who do better in videos! it is pretty simple cool and cheap! so lets get on with the tutorial!

link to the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxuHLyUJsFo

link to my channel! it's called ShepTheCreator make sure to check it out for more tech reviews and builds!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJmbd9kueKYd92oOeLTRUOg

so here are all the recourses that you need! I will leave a link to everything to! but if you think you can save a few dollars on the lights you are right and wrong. you can get normal lights that can only light up 1 color at a time but you will only save a few bucks and you can't do any cool things!

link to lights

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CDTEKAG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

link to 10" plexi glass

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08LJJ9J2F/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

link to privacy film

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09MTC7C7N/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

link to 10" mirror

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086BQCJBG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

link to Arduino kit!

https://www.amazon.com/ELEGOO-Project-Tutorial-Controller-Projects/dp/B01D8KOZF4/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2CCSUV1YD3LMH&keywords=arduino+kit&qid=1645820615&sprefix=%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFEVkJJSlhZT043RlcmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA1NTA2MTEyS1c4SllZNUdCQkxVJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTEwMDEzNzYzVFNPV0pHQ01HTlNCJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

first we need to know how they work! as you can see there are two "mirrors" the bottom one is the mirror mirror and the top one is the acrylic with privacy film on it! and you put the lights about in the middle then light starts to bounce around! since it is only 75% reflective you have the perfect mix so light still bounces giving you the infinity effect but it will eventually escape so you can see it from the other side! now that we know how it works lets get to building!

so this might be hard on pc so just watch another video to figure out that but on the top bar locate sketch. then locate include library then press manage library. then type Neo pixel then find AdaFruit Neo pixel. click install then it should be on your example thing in file under custom examples! hover over it then click strand test, and that's your code! you cam easily learn to code neo pixels with a few tutorials which begins to be super fun!

so... this digital image I made isn't exactly correct. if you look very closely you will see that the yellow wire is on 5v and the red is on the other one, and those should be switched but the lights I bought were in that formation so just know that that is incorrect but it still shows it! so put a red wire in the 5v on the board and on the lights, then put a black ground cable on the ground to the board and ground of the lights, then last put the yellow wire in pin ~6 or just 6 if you are on an Arduino mega and connect it to the last remaining pin! also your kit comes with a 9v battery module that plugs into the DC connector so make surer to do that so you don't have to keep it to your computer... but you might need to use the red and white wires if you are hooking up something really big! but don't worry about that now!

honestly just go watch a video to get more information! but I will try to type it out. Sub-Step 1. cut the film to the right size Sub-Step 2. put six drops of soap in a cut of water in a spray bottle and spray it on the film and acrylic. Sub-Step 3. clean the windows remove the preserving film then apply! and if it doesn't stick the flip it around.

yay so close! all you need to do is the the privacy filmed acrylic to the mirror Frame then glue the lights on the rim and you're almost done! just glue the board and everything down and you're done! enjoy!

BTW the photos are from some of my previous videos!