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True Mirror: See Yourself as Others Do
Every mirror you have used shows your face reversed. This true mirror shows it the right way round, the way friends, strangers and photos see you, live on your camera. Put it side by side with the normal mirror to see exactly what changes.
See yourself the way others do
Your browser will ask for the camera. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.
The camera stays on this device. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.
How it is measured
Same face, other way round.
The camera captures your face as others see it; the page shows it without the mirror flip. Faces are not perfectly symmetric: a parting, a higher brow, a crooked smile or a nose that leans all swap sides between the mirror and the true mirror. The side-by-side view shows both at once, which is the quickest way to see your own asymmetry.
- True mirror
- Not flipped: how others and photos see you.
- Mirror
- Flipped, the face you know from the bathroom mirror.
- Side by side
- Both at once.
Sources
What this is based on.
The measurement and its reference ranges come from published research. Studies use different methods and populations, so compare your number with the range shown on this page rather than with other tools.
- 1.
Mita TH, Dermer M, Knight J (1977). Reversed facial images and the mere-exposure hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.35.8.597
People preferred their mirror image, while friends preferred their true image: the familiarity effect.
- 2.
Wang TT, Wessels L, Hussain G, Merten S (2017). Discriminative thresholds in facial asymmetry: a review of the literature. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. PubMed 28200081
How much left–right difference people can notice in a face.
- 3.
Kartynnik Y, Ablavatski A, Grishchenko I, Grundmann M (2019). Real-time facial surface geometry from monocular video on mobile GPUs. arXiv. arXiv:1907.06724
The face-mesh model that places the 468 surface landmarks this tool measures from.
- 4.
Ablavatski A, Vakunov A, Grishchenko I, et al. (2020). Real-time pupil tracking from monocular video for digital puppetry. arXiv. arXiv:2006.11341
The iris model that adds 10 eye landmarks (478 in total), used for pupil-based reference lines.
Our own data: how much each reading moves when the same face is photographed again is published on the methodology page. How we choose sources.
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FAQ
Is a true mirror how others see me?+
It is how others see you from the front, without the left-right reversal of a mirror. In person they also see you move, at other angles and in other light, which no single view captures.
Why do I look worse in the true mirror?+
Familiarity: people prefer the version of their face they see most, which is the mirrored one, while friends prefer the true version. It is a well-replicated effect, not a sign that the true mirror is less flattering.
Is the selfie camera a true mirror?+
Most phones show the selfie preview flipped like a mirror and then save the photo un-flipped, which is why a selfie can look different from the preview. This page lets you choose.
Is anything recorded?+
No. Nothing is recorded or uploaded. A snapshot is saved only when you tap Snapshot.
One reading here.
Nineteen in the app.
A controlled scan, every reading against its ideal band, bone vs trainable, a plan, and a 3D model on Face ID iPhones.