The Silicon Mirror & Kaleidoscope

Like just about everything that I work on, it is hard to describe what the Silicon Mirror is. Basically, it is a gadget that operates like the mirrors inside a kaleidoscope. I created the background tile for this page using the Silicon Mirror in just a few seconds.

The Silicon Kaleidoscope is a screen saver that uses the Silicon Mirror to create kaleidoscopic images that flow in real time.

Libby Reid is an artist who used the Silicon Mirror to create tiles in the style of M. C. Escher. Go here to check out some of her tiles. Note that Libby's tiles are very large and take a while to download. Go here to check out some other tiles created with the Silicon Mirror. These are much smaller so they will download much faster.

The Silicon Mirror and Kaleidoscope run under Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. You can download an evaluation copy. The evaluation copy will eventually time out. You can purchase a permanent copy for $12.00

The new stuff that I am working on(Spectrum Shift) is all about playing with color...

This is an extremely preliminary video showing the Spectrum Shift Visualization plugins for iTunes for Windows on my son's laptop. The music playing in iTunes is the track Early Morning from the album Take from the Rich by Mark Boulle and the Haba Dudes. The Spectrum Shift plugins for iTunes and Windows Media Player are available via download.

Elliot Leonard (elliotl@torpor.com)