How Does a Non-Reversing Mirror Work?

In this video I show you how a true mirror works. I talk about how mirrors flip the image into a mirror image and how we can get used to this. Then I show you what a true mirror looks like and how it works.
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[@TheActionLab]

“I’ll never see myself in the mirror with my eyes closed...”

[@pyz6412]

Where do you buy that i need that

[@hermestresmegistrus]

✨Thank You For Sharing Your Wisdom And Knowledge✨

[@DiscoveredMate]

Wow what a logic action lab

[@weeb69]

You can never see your eyes without them looking at themselves. Try looking away then look back at your eyes seems like your mirrored self's eyes don't ever move, like he's constantly staring at you. Food for thought

[@ItsViiiiiiii]

@@pyz6412 I think you can kinda make it yourself if you have two mirrors.

[@HandledToaster2]

"Mirror, why are you flipping all the words?" Mirror: no u

[@HandledToaster2]

@@c-r0w thanks

[@nothingmuch1129]

reppohc ynot ynot , still relevant tho

[@Salatiels]

let me fix it "Mirror, why are you flipping all the words?" Mirror: ?sdrow eht lla gnippilf uoy era yhw ,rorriM

[@stefannewels1823]

u on something....hihihihi

[@Meverynoob]

Uno reverse card

[@radicalxedward8047]

Really genius way to explain why mirrors “reverse” things.

[@isaiahsthoughts907]

RadicalxEdward no mirrors are cultists

[@DinushaJayaranga]

💯

[@carroteer]

Really genius way to explain why ,,mirrors" reverse things

[@user-pb9kk6zt4n]

You can see the “True image” of yourself simply by getting someone to take a picture of you with the back camera of your phone... while you can see the “Mirrored image” of yourself just by taking a selfie (front camera). Edit: So apparently (at least on iphones) when you do take the Selfie it actually reverse flips the image for you into a “True image” so in conclusion, you can see the “Mirrored image” of yourself just by having the selfie option on your phone and looking at yourself just as if it was a regular pocket mirror. And then you can see the “True image” of yourself if you do take the picture. Edit 2: Also you can capture the image of “the Mirrored you” by screenshotting a Selfie instead of taking the actual picture. And after that you can also take the picture normally and compare the two images in your gallery.

[@kruemmelbande5078]

They dont....

[@cia7728]

Dude I'm baked out of my mind right now and everything he is saying makes 100% perfect sense to me

[@amrishb4793]

Hahaha same here

[@marialiyubman]

😂

[@K1TT3NM1TT3N5]

Can I get some of your CIA weed?

[@Alex-kf5oz]

Wrong account bro, you’re boutta get fired...

[@La-libellule]

Same

[@achimlichtenhagen3144]

"The mirror did not flip anything, it´s YOU that turned the image" Maaan, I´m a 45 year old, well educated men who is not fallen on his head very often, but you just blow my mind. Holy crap.

[@deluxeassortment]

@@Chris971. not everyone speaks English as a first language

[@mydogeatspuke]

@@deluxeassortment Google translate wouldn't have butchered it. Someone truly educated knows their limitations and gets help.

[@sethgyellins]

@@deluxeassortment what type of "educated man" wouldnt know English

[@zeroxthree568]

This really got me too like dam..

[@achimlichtenhagen3144]

@@Chris971. Aye, thanks! I know `Ißm doing horrible things with english grammar from time to time. That´s the downside of missing native speaking sparring partners. Thanks for your hint, hope I remember it next time :-)

[@ValentinDinca]

So that means the ”true” mirror is actually a fake mirror.

[@34siegfriedgamaliel65]

Yeah, sort of like that.

[@Bassotronics]

Yup! It’s a Trump mirror.

[@jaanmohammed1720]

@@Bassotronics 😂😂😂

[@MarkkuS]

No it shows a mirror image, so it's a true mirror.

[@stefannewels1823]

Unparalleled 🙃

[@AirBornMedia]

"The mirror did not flip anything, it´s YOU that turned the image" A moment of teaching genius. I used to find the concept of mirrors 'reversing' a little perplexing but those words, and that beautiful demonstration, brought instant realization of exactly what was happening.

[@recoveringsoul755]

If I stand in front of a mirror, what have I "flipped"? I am the same person I would be if I stood in front of a camera

[@scottlong6176]

@@recoveringsoul755 Think harder. You'll get it.

[@recoveringsoul755]

@@scottlong6176 I know if I look in two mirrors, (like those three way mirrors in big dressing rooms that you can angle certain ways ) If I use those I can look at the mirror image of the mirror and see me how a camera sees me. I still didnt' FLIP anything. Either way I'm just standing there.

[@olafvisser]

@@recoveringsoul755 I find this difficult to conceptualize as well.. But I guess what you have to do is to imagine your face on a vertical plane (in which your eyes just happen to be). Now imagine your eyes behind that plane, just like they are behind the (unflipped) sheet of paper.

[@DharmaJannyter]

To see things you look at them with your eyes. So if you want to see yourself without a mirror, you'd have to rip out your eyes and point them towards yourself. That would have to be the default direction your eyes would have to be pointed at, i.e. yourself. If you look at a mirror instead, then it's like flipping your eyes from that previously mentioned position back into the direction you're facing. -> That's the flip you "did" when looking at a mirror. You basically walk through life with constantly flipped eyes when it comes to looking at yourself in the mirror.

[@lalo3628]

I already find myself unattractive but seeing myself in the way everyone sees me really hurt my self esteem

[@raisuddin3229]

sameee :(

[@pikameme3322]

Tbh with you, it's just you who thinks you're uglier on the non reversing mirror. If you make people compare which you looks better, the non-reversing or the natural mirror. Almost everyone will pick the non-reversing one because it's what's everyone used to seeing. The reason why you think you look better on the natural mirror is because it's the one you're used to seeing. I hope this helps ❤️

[@ajaysumait4078]

@@pikameme3322 thank you. You made me feel good for a lil. My confidence drop to zero after I've watched this video :((

[@skyrat1896]

@@pikameme3322 yeah, like in this video for example we are already used to the action lab non flipped so in the actual mirror he looks wierd as compared to the true mirror

[@zadeh79]

Other people DO NOT notice the asymmetry that you notice in a photo or true mirror. It only sticks out, because you are so used to your face as you know it in a mirror. So for all practical purposes you actually look the same to other people as you see yourself in a regular mirror, - the image is just flipped.

[@ZacharyVogt]

I wish you would've turned the apparatus on its side, so we could see it flip the image top-to-bottom.

[@635574]

That would be flipping flopping

[@ChristophLaimer]

... and if you turn the apparatust 45 degree to the right, you will see yourself horizontally

[@fundemort]

@@ChristophLaimer damn i'd be like a flatearther.

[@unliving_ball_of_gas]

I've seen this at my local science museum. It could rotate. When I rotated it upside down the reflection became upside down and I was like, "ok, BORING" until I realised that's NOT what a mirror should do.

[@TrueMirrorJWalter]

yeah, its cool when you see it, esp with the perfect optics. there's one at the Museum of Illusions in NY - the Anti-Gravity True Mirror! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3PZZKWFn9B-pas

[@galactose_fructosemonosacc343]

When I saw how people saw me. I died inside a little, my eyes aren't the same alignment, my lips are going to one side more than the other, my face looks more lobsided then one side.

[@Lia-qq2ys]

same dude

[@sierrapimentel6843]

Same😔

[@Always_has_been]

Same, but it was good cause now I'm actually correcting those assimetries.

[@tobiasvdb351]

@@Always_has_been How do you 'correct' asymmetry lol

[@Always_has_been]

@@tobiasvdb351 well, I noticed that my mandible was crooked for one side, and that was making my whole face crook too. So after noticing 'am making a conscious effort to correct it and that is making my face more symmetrical also.

[@oberstkarl6640]

while he is getting used to seeing himself with a non-reversing mirror, i'm getting used to seeing his face in the mirror.

[@pikameme3322]

He looks good in the non-reversing mirror tbh. But for sure he thinks he looks better on the other mirror which is just sad. Why can't everyone just use the non-reversing mirror?

[@Cherub-vl9bc]

@@pikameme3322 ikr dude looks good natutally, mirror dude looks weird

[@armaanveersinghsidhu]

Same I was also thinking he looks weird in the regular mirror

[@user84074]

Digital artists often flip their canvas every once in a while. It really helps you spot errors, especially in faces.

[@mr_boo.]

James during normal days : a few videos a month James during confinement : *I DON’T NEED SLEEP, I NEED ANSWERS*

[@Policronos]

The likes were at 99 so i needed to do it

[@DiggitySlice]

That would explain the bizarre way he explains things

[@nathanilemiller7750]

Me too

[@PnlBtr]

I see it as a win.

[@knekki.]

Bless James

[@crripper9770]

It's 2 funny when he starts going: "It's not the mirrors fault it's yours" 😂😂😂

[@Pope_Balenciaga]

Mirror didn't flip anything. It's you that flipped it

[@DiscoveredMate]

Lol

[@isaiahsthoughts907]

Mirror sad I hate you for saddingifying do it. Say sory to mirer

[@maxwellclark1615]

You should also consider that seeing your own appearance from the perspective of others truly doubles the effects of your asymmetry (to you). If you have become accustomed to the 5° clockwise rotation of your nose, and see a 5° counterclockwise rotation of your nose, you perceive yourself to have 10° of crookedness in your nose! In a sense you have zeroed out your mental measurement to set 0° at the nose you’re used to seeing, shocking you when you see the reverse.

[@avinavverma2315]

6:13 "You can see me right here" *All three points towards their laserbeam*

[@robotplays346]

“Some people don’t like to see themselves in photos” I don’t like seeing myself at all

[@colonelsanders4021]

Three thing I hate: Cameras, mirrors, and clear cups

[@crisdl2509]

I don't like to remind myself that i exist

[@Number81ght]

@@crisdl2509 I don't like to exist

[@crisdl2509]

@@Number81ght Long lost bro 🌚

[@tabish9264]

I hate myself in photo from back camera

[@BillyViBritannia]

Dude has a million videos of himself; still makes pikachu face when he sees himself in a "true" mirror.

[@revenantsmum2140]

Not quite a million

[@Games_and_Music]

Yeah i was thinking that to myself as well, like, he edits his own video's right?? But yeah, that's not the same as looking at yourself in realtime like he explained.

[@AllenBaby7]

@WudupBishes Some selfie camera flips, but the regular ones don't.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

@@AllenBaby7 Yeah, it's often configurable ... and it really depends on *your* expectations -- whichever one you're used to, if you use the other one, it's super confusing to see 'the wrong side' move.

[@donkamala]

I really enjoy your videos. Your demonstrations remind me of the ones my father used to perform to teach me Science and show me how things worked. He passed away on January 2021 from Covid and now I am glad to somehow find him in your videos. Keep it going.

[@myxstery_]

I have ascended to a new plane of thought and my cerebral capacity now functions at 130%

[@crripper9770]

I've always done this at my grandmas' house where there are two shelf doors that are mirrors and when you open one of them the mirrors are at an angle to eachother and so you will see a mirrored image of a mirrored image of yourself 😜

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

The Action Lab is very handsome with hairs and stache properly cut, reverse or forward. Madame Action Lab is so lucky

[@fluffypinkpandas]

you mean Mr.

[@monirhasan3248]

Wait a sec-

[@cheeseburgular]

da fucc

[@originalbossbourne7319]

He actually straight

[@OhOkayThenLazySusan]

I've seen so many explanations of why a mirror flips an image. This explanation is the most easily digestible I have seen. Thanks!

[@a.i.l1074]

Obsessed with the way Americans say mirror "meer"

[@Paul-cb7cc]

We can't be bothered to enunciate: "me roar"

[@vincenzobortone2840]

omg i noticed it only after i read your comment. My brain was fixing the gap "...ror" for me until now

[@KCLBrunel]

Bear in mind they are "Mercans".

[@prism2451]

More like mear

[@ZipplyZane]

For the record, not all Americans say it the way he does. The way I say it sounds more like MEAR-er, where er is basically a held out American R sound. It sounds like mere her, without the h sound. I also know some Americans who say MEAR-rurr. And a few who want to be posh but still have the American R say MEAR-roar. (I would transcribe nonrhotic accents as pronouncing it MEE-raw, MEE-rah, or MEE-ruh, depending on the accent.)

[@xiaoshen194]

5:01 ... Lost some brain cells there

[@justacommenterno.7700]

Me to x-x

[@username1922]

Doctor: *reading your brain scan * It looks like, what I hoped wouldn't look like, as if you're looking at two look-alike stranded brains cells.

[@ToutCQJM]

Take a shot every time he said “mee-er.”

[@76e85]

No please.

[@Bob-pz3id]

I would die

[@RenaissanceBro]

Mee-er Bee-er 🍻

[@DarbyThomason]

I loved retroreflectors! Optics is such a fun class! Highly suggested!

[@lostjunglist8704]

You Just Blew My Mind . . . . I'm Doing This Now And Will Have To Accept What I See. TY For Explaining This Subject With Great Detail And Knowledge!

[@xiaoshen194]

1:23 ... That went from science to philosophy at the speed of light!!

[@Peter_1986]

Philosophy is basically the foundation of science, because philosophy is about asking yourself questions about reality and being curious.

[@Name..........]

Yes but no not really

[@superslimanoniem4712]

Wait... that’s impossible, unless the subject *is* light... Interesting...

[@roguespac3man732]

6:06 That laser is not eye safe and is much more dangerous than rated online. Just felt worth mentioning, stay safe around those and wear eye protection! (and not the one that came with the laser)

[@seven5677]

Dont worry. He is a chemical engineer. Of course he would know it isn't good to the eye.

[@arfyness]

That thing would definitely cause instant retinal damage. Even just one wrong specular reflection easily could.

[@RoPEK123xd]

he was wearing eye protection, at least a pair of glasses is visible in the next scene laying on the table. i think it's safe to assume that he did use them rather than just putting them there but i feel like he should indeed put a disclaimer there or some psa for the viewers who may wanna play with lasers and mirrors. even if they knew that they shouldn't aim lasers at the eyes, they may not realize that due to the reflection's nature, they may accidentally aim the reflection at their own eyes and damage their sight.

[@keshawnmcgee334]

@@RoPEK123xd wait but can i get eye damage watching looking at the laser throug the video

[@RoPEK123xd]

@@keshawnmcgee334 ye that's totally what can happen, and he uploaded it to screw everyone's sight. Luckily you've managed to outsmart him and not fall into his trap

[@NazmulMomin]

This is the first time, I think some one clearly explained how a mirror works on the KZbin. I have seen other videos on why mirror flips words, but those did not make sense. Thanks a lot, Man!

[@mehrdaddolatabadi5529]

Finally I got an answer! Thanks man. It was so precise and straight to the point :)

[@abrarmalekji8897]

We should adopt true mirror so we can see true ourselves.

[@kriskobling]

try shaving ..

[@cahidijoyoraharjo7833]

That'll be confusing!

[@xGOKOPx]

A box is more difficult to hang on a wall than a flat pane

[@mal2ksc]

Just eat a dandelion. (BloomCounty/Outland reference.)

[@celombitke]

We'll looking to true mirror everyday, so, to do this, we need to have fake mirror which flips image

[@DANGJOS]

Really freaking cool man! You also have probably the best explanation of the mirror flip out of anyone. I had a feeling the true mirror was somehow working with a 45 degree angled mirror, but I didn't guess this design. Very interesting thanks!

[@peterpepos8582]

Why hadn't I seen this earlier!!😩😩 action lab i freaking want to HUG YOU RN. This was the video I've been looking for pretty much a quarter of my entire life 🙃

[@sukired8387]

I thought about this so much and swear I was having an existential crisis just thinking about it

[@jadenpwayne5133]

Imagine having a four person conference with yourself in this mirror

[@adamaoun1535]

It- its not 3 mirrors in there... Did u not listen to his explanation of how it works in the end? It's simply 2 mirrors at 45° of each other. So basically a max of a 3 person conference with yourself if u want😄

[@jeremydavis3631]

No, 4-person was right. Through the two mirrors, you can see three mirror images of the world: the one directly across from you, which is flipped twice and therefore looks unflipped, and one on each of the right and the left, each of which is flipped only once. By the way, the angle between the mirrors is 90°. A 45° angle would actually allow an 8-person conference. :) Basically, as many copies are shown as are needed to fill the apparent space behind the mirrors. Decreasing the angle more and more eventually makes the mirrors parallel, which (theoretically) produces infinitely many mirror images, even though there are still only two mirrors.

[@loagozambe6132]

@@jeremydavis3631 Thanks for that I didnt quite get it either

[@jeremydavis3631]

@@loagozambe6132 You're welcome. Glad I could help. :)

[@idontthinkso2431]

@@adamaoun1535 90°

[@ar00042]

Now I know the reason I’m single.

[@DiscoveredMate]

Let's be honest, when we clicked on this video we never thought it would be this good.

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

But your face looks like a mirror!?! You must know a lot of ugly birds!

[@IcePike]

@@DiscoveredMate yo wtf have u been spamming this in replys?

[@thisflyingpotato4227]

If there is no reflection I would suggest checking with your doctor if you are a vampire

[@matteodevitto2542]

Atharva if only beautiful people get married the population in this world is not 7.7 billion but less than 1 billion so relax man ,,, what this guys saying is not true ,,,, the mirror flipped the words but not the face ,,,we are like in normal mirror do an experiment take a friend and see how he look in mirror 🪞 and how looks in real life and it's the same ,,, of course in photo we change because depend of lighting angles of camera photo ,,, the human eye are 573 megapixel and the photo are 12 megapixel so relax ,,, what this guy sayd is only supposed

[@manuelb__r]

This is one of the best science channel ever! Thank you for this !

[@dakotainthesky]

Thank you for the explanation with the clear signs. Other videos explained it without the visual aids and said we reversed the images. I interpreted that as our brains or perception reversed them, not physically, so I never understood it until now

[@mal2ksc]

Me before watching the video: "It's a retroreflector." Me after watching the video: "It's a really nice retroreflector and I want one."

[@arfyness]

I really want more detail on how it can be so seamless.

[@UCWjF-rlGGWBHxEPLGJXZBoA]

First time he's ever said "hey everybody" instead of "okay everyone"

[@MammaOVlogs]

wow very good :)

[@humanbeing1429]

Omly A true fan could have pointed that out. 👏👏

[@stopfootage]

He says both from time to time

[@gabrieldelatortilla1]

@@stopfootage ye

[@lemongavine]

He used to say “okay today....”. I liked that intro the best.

[@alexanorton4420]

The original arrow explanation, how the arrow doesn’t flip but words do blew my freaking mind 😮

[@damnwhyisitsohard]

Thanks for this. It helps me to realize a better angle for pictures.

[@Henry325]

I just realized that the front camera of my phone show me a mirror image in real time but, when I take a picture the picture is flipped to show me how do I look normally to other people

[@harinijayasankar8884]

Oh yes!!!!

[@-cookiezila-461]

I honestly didn't notice the actionlabman's mismatched ears and crooked nose until he pointed it out lol I wonder how big his brain is

[@doodlebobascending8505]

We're all too busy noticing his 70s porn stache.

[@DiscoveredMate]

Let's be honest, when we clicked on this music we never thought it would be this good.

[@kayrstar8965]

Observations do not only disturb what is to be observed...THEY PRODUCE IT

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

And his gigantic balls, reverse or forward

[@Name..........]

His brain is most likely the same size as a regular human male.

[@Siberius-]

This video is so damn well explained. Really enjoyed that. I remember watching the Physics Girl video and it certainly wasn't communicating the point as well as this video. "I need a mirror that doesn't flip the image". "Well to get that, you need a mirror that DOES flip the image". That would be trippy as far as, touching your finger to the mirror with a certain hand in the mirror of your choice (before moving anything), and then you would end up moving the wrong hand.

[@royksk]

The first time I experienced this was in a bar. There was a horizontal line of small mirrors zig-zagging across the shelving unit behind the bar. I noticed that the bits of me that I could see moving were not as usual but were as someone else would see, looking at me. For a true effect the mirrors should have a reflective front surface otherwise the glass thickness gives a line down the centre. I've often wondered why some enterprising person (not me) hasn’t produced a hinged pair that could be, for example, fitted on the inside of a fully opening wardrobe door. Then when getting ready to go out you could see yourself as others will see you. I've also noticed that hardly anyone has a triple mirror set these days. They were often incorporated into older dressing tables and you could see even the back of you head. Nearly forgot to say but the first time I used the rear camera on my ipad mini to take a selfie it was disconcerting as you saw a mirror image but the finished photo was as a normal camera would take it. So if you want a reflected image like a normal mirror, just use the rear camera on you phone or whatever.

[@hvheerden]

This is BY FAR the best explanation I've seen of why a mirror flips the image we see. Also, cool trick with the true mirror.

[@duanecjohnson]

Hein van Heerden Actually not that good of an explanation. He should have said: Regular mirrors flip front to back.

[@sarveshmore4665]

He is looking like 3rd version of messi😂😅

[@n0nenone]

@@SuscribersWithoutvideos-nn1xi lmao stop it now

[@veerdhawal24]

@@SuscribersWithoutvideos-nn1xi how could you not find a better name😂

[@sarveshmore4665]

@@veerdhawal24 😅😂😂

[@legitimate8463]

@@SuscribersWithoutvideos-nn1xi ronaldo ronaldonates blood, unlike messi

[@Youtube..Enjoyer]

@@SuscribersWithoutvideos-nn1xi Messi is not that great he's a midget

[@samtree99]

Best explanation on the reverse mirror topic. Good job.

[@cb-wi1cq]

Thank you!!! This explanation makes so much more sense

[@marcnorth]

So true what you mentioned about noticing asymmetries in our faces. I was 30 before I realized (probably when we first got a video camera) that I have an obviously crooked nose, but I'd literally had NO CLUE it was like that. It took years to get used to this adjustment of self-concept. And today, I just don't care. :) Awesome video!

[@ItsViiiiiiii]

5:03 "Doesn't look like it would look like if you were looking it in real life" Say that quickly 10 times.

[@MammaOVlogs]

lol

[@niceaxe]

And what

[@yinyang1217]

@@niceaxe did you say it quickly 100 times

[@brujo_millonario]

Dasntluklaikitlualukreal life baaah!

[@adamaoun1535]

@@HelloKittyFanMan. it's just a means of differentiating between them bro chill and get over it😂

[@dookie3453]

Just remember that the “true” reflection of you is as normal to everyone else as when you look at yourself in the mirror.

[@preciousthing101]

True, but it is not REALLY what you look like to others.

[@avalonicole]

@@preciousthing101 not what he’s saying :/

[@kingghidorah5271]

@@avalonicole Yes it is what he's saying. Others see you just as you see yourself in the mirror but the image is just flipped.

[@JJJ111JJJ]

@@preciousthing101 They point is, if you like your mirror image but not your 'camera appearance', it's probably the opposite for other people. They're used to your camera appearance and would probably think you looked weird and less appealing if they saw your mirror image.

[@tobo26]

That was actually cool. It makes complete sense and the example with the words on the clear plastic for me was an aha moment. Thanks.

[@97marak]

Luckily for you, you look better in real than in the mirror :D

[@MammaOVlogs]

agreed

[@vincevvn]

His wife: 🤨

[@sanjaybanerjee8101]

@@MammaOVlogs same here

[@dr.robertjohnson6953]

I noticed this effect for the first time in the 9th grade. I had a couple of optical prisms from a broken pair of binoculars. They were so perfectly made that placing them together they would stick to each other pretty tightly. Pulling them apart from each other you could feel the effect of suction between two flat surfaces. Holding one prism with the right angle end pointing away from my eye, and looking into the prism, I could see my own eye. I though this was strange, as I expected to see the 'top end' of the prism. Instead I was treated with the reflection of a reflection, which was just so cool.

[@georgeghabious4623]

That’s AMAZING! Keep up the great work!

[@JesseColton]

The projector paper was the only visual aid that actually helped make sense of this for me. Thank you, I've been so frustrated for the past 30 minutes after seeing this on Q.I. and not understanding the explanation

[@quahntasy]

*Now I know why I am single* And I am also sorry to all the people I talked to, lol

[@casualbeluga2724]

Yo your channel is pretty good

[@jmscnny]

And all the dogs you scared, brother.

[@FoxSlyme]

You mean "alone" or what?

[@piciperkuadrik4636]

Speaking of loneliness, Michael Collins (Astronaut) is the most loneliest man in the world, he was orbiting the moon for almost 24 hours (21.5 hours)

[@piciperkuadrik4636]

Speaking of loneliness, Michael Collins (Astronaut) is the most loneliest man in the world, he was orbiting the moon for almost 24 hours (21.5 hours)

[@justsomeguywithasmolmustac9476]

My life is like a mirror..

[@seeseefok7659]

wow XD

[@markoolejnik9418]

You do flips for living?

[@ilsunnylo3562]

The world is a stage and everyone is an actor. Behind those masks, are honest tears and weary grimaces.

[@DiscoveredMate]

Let's be honest, when we clicked on this video we never thought it would be this good.

[@indra95ify]

So it's shattered into a million peices, i get it

[@fins59]

3:30 Wow great demonstration, you flipped my light bulb on!

[@gorentlamanoharmanohar1779]

Really Amazing experiment...I wanna know this from childhood...Now it's clear

[@Audio_Simon]

Note also, the laser reflection always stays parallel to the source beam and comes back towards you. This is why corners are problematic in acoustics, the refction always returns to the source.

[@Youngillidan]

If you point a "true" mirror another "true" mirror and stand in between them, does it create the same "infinity reflection" effect that a set of traditional mirrors would?

[@deanjustdoesit]

This is how black holes are made

[@pinnacleexpress420]

That's a pretty damn good question. Ever learn about that?

[@Youngillidan]

@@pinnacleexpress420 Thanks. Still I wonder man. We need answers lol

[@piro_the_cat]

​@@Youngillidan that's was none of my business but now it is. Just give me time​

[@Youngillidan]

@@piro_the_catDo it! Do it!

[@astro7484]

Being a magicalholic. I almost immediately noticed the 45" mirrors just from how you chose the camera position and angle at the beginning of the video. I feel so proud of myself now.

[@musician1971a]

The flipping in a mirror was a real eye opener! I'm gonna be so annoying to my friends this week!

[@satyro8186]

How depressed did they get after seeing their inverted image?

[@wmaconick]

I always found that an easier way for me to understand how a mirror works is this: a mirror does not flip either horizontally nor vertically. It flips the 3rd dimension: the depth when understanding mirrors like this, what the true mirror does is not really that it does 2 flips that have an angle and those 2 flips are transformed as rotation of twice the angle. because they are at a 90 angle the result is a 180 rotation, essentially it's a U-Turn for light

[@alro5679]

Me: "Mirror" The Action Lab: "Meer"

[@shashibhushankanishk5526]

Wow never thought of this . BTW I love watching ur experiments

[@IKingRonin]

Cool, i learned something new today, cheers mate.

[@flake5291]

2:06, fun fact: every good drawing software has an option to flip the canvas cause in the process of the drawing u might get used to ur own mistakes so when u flip the canvas u can spot the mistakes more easily e.g. when sth is unbalanced or so

[@samdoesstuff4924]

i always thought these were weird. they appear on walmart security cameras and they act like the self reversing mirror, and whenever you move right you move left on the camera and left right and so on.

[@shedroids]

Beautifully explained!!!

[@KeroCake]

Thank you for the very effective explanation!

[@MammaOVlogs]

wow, way awesome and l had someone tell me one of my ears is lower than the other one! All these years, l never knew!

[@WollyWoppers]

We had a big ass normal mirror in my childhood house, and when we went to other places i was so confused as to why all mirrors were backwards.

[@nwabisaboane7648]

Very well explained 👏🏼 thank you

[@raihansk5971]

BEsT SCIENCE CHANNEL EVER.... I love his live experiments rather than only speaking and defining like other science channels, as well as his way of demonstration. And also his acting😎👌

[@maximeboissonneault6203]

A mirror does not flip horizontally or vertically, it flips perpendicularly.

[@jasonschuchardt7624]

Yeah it really does flip the image, just along the depth axis, so it doesn't affect 2d things like paper when held parallel to the mirror.

[@Theelectroarcheologist]

It all depends on the angle in which the light is coming from.

[@ChilapaOfTheAmazons]

@@Theelectroarcheologist no, it doesn't depend on the angle of the light. Mirrors simply flip back with forward, keeping left/right and up/down unchanged.

[@DiscoveredMate]

Let's be honest, when we clicked on this video we never thought it would be this good.

[@dgjw1282]

Yaaaa how did you read my mind

[@cobycotton2731]

In physics I like mirrors like - reflection, refraction,spherical mirrors ect I love physics

[@ItsViiiiiiii]

Let's be honest, we didn't think this guy/bot would spam the same comment everywhere.

[@mastereditor6617]

Your right @Red Neutrino

[@kbhuvan882]

@@ItsViiiiiiii he isn't spamming

[@rosemaryfuller4448]

This has been one of my favorite episodes.

[@circuithijacker]

This is the best reflection explanation I've seen. ;)

[@TheCatnipCinema]

While he is getting used to seeing himself with a non-reversing mirror, I'm getting used to seeing him with a moustache.

[@xtreme814]

Hey action lab can you tell me why my voice sounds like trash in recording compared to the voice I think is coming out

[@Milther2]

I've always wondered this about my voice too!

[@zardian]

Because when u speak u don't only hear your self through the air but also through the bones and muscles. Those amplifies and deepens the voice. Try doing a bee "humming".m and record your voice. You will notice the deep hmm vs sweaks.

[@stefannewels1823]

That only happens when you talk to mirrors....

[@xtreme814]

@@stefannewels1823 what?? No it happens always

[@d4nd31o]

@@stefannewels1823 No. However, this is a common misconception spread online, mainly by Anti-Neo-Narcissist groups. To disprove the spurious "Only in the mirror" claim, all one need do is to quickly examine the sound wave of the echo of one's own voice before it reaches you for the first time. You might be surprised at what you hear! Or you may not. * Trivia - True-mirrors actually do invert the echo of what you think you hear but the ears flip it before it reaches the brain. That's why we have two ears.

[@Shannon_Moore]

U teach me so many things ..thank u🙏❤

[@rocketman7456]

Good video! I teach physics. A mirror actually reverses toward and away (not left and right, or up and down). In the x-y-z coordinate system, the z-axis is flipped. Point your finger toward a mirror, and the image points its finger back at you. The true mirror has a double reflection, which cancels the apparent left-right reversal. Plane mirrors produce virtual images. They appear to come from behind the mirror, but can't appear on a screen there (as no light actually comes from them). You can still photograph a virtual image. Images at the movie theater (produced by a biconvex lens) are real as they are on a screen. Physics is PHUN!

[@racered94]

Do NOT watch this while high...

[@frogtard4428]

Bro I was actually thinking about this in last night's shower

[@arfyness]

Gosh! Don't be telling people on the internet that you think about them in the shower! jk ;o)

[@fd5927]

This is really fascinating. Use a very good/high quality 4K non mirror webcam and you can also see the same true image. It really is unnerving the first time you see yourself as other people see you without looking at a mirror image. As a curious "entity" ...... I wish we could visualize the photons in realtime interacting and bouncing off objects to create the image we see ourselves as .... Wouldn't that be mind blowing. Fundamental to understanding more about our existence on this planet and our understanding of the Universe.

[@marleanamarlianamont5939]

This is good stuff.. very interesting to watch and very well explained 👍 thank you so much. I liked and sub.

[@truebark3329]

That ear doesn't sticks out more than the other and your nose is perfectly fine. You look good man 😊

[@forbiddenera]

It does. Our asymmetrical-ness is actually what makes people beautiful. If you've ever seen perfectly symmetrical faces you'll know you're in uncanny Valley.

[@aidand.7911]

His ear does stick out and his nose is crooked, but it isn't something that makes him look bad, and it wouldn't be noticeable until you point it out.

[@forbiddenera]

Exactly he probably didn't really even notice until he saw himself reversed

[@dudemonkey731]

I don’t understand blatantly lying to people and pretending you’re doing something nice for them. Asymmetry isn’t a flaw so there’s no reason to pretend it doesn’t exist. It exists in all of us and that’s what makes people easy to distinguish. He can look good and still have those features. He himself pointed them out. It’s an objective fact that one ear sticks out more and his nose is crooked. What’s subjective is whether it’s a good, bad, or inconsequential factor in his attractiveness to other people. Understanding and identifying irregularities doesn’t make you a bad person.

[@jindivik321]

how Americans say "mirror" ........ "MEEEEYRRRRRR"

[@ramu992]

Lol

[@narpas_]

How are you supposed to say it?

[@Jamie-kt4ub]

@@narpas_ mirror

[@tearlach47]

Same with the word "Rural" "RRRRLL"

[@austin503]

It's not even all of America, it's a regional dialect

[@threehorsesxxx5759]

Always had those questions thank-you.

[@rudagamer9589]

I have not seen your asymethries in the true mirror, but I saw them in the regullar mirror. Makes sense to me now

[@chusoskever2649]

Fun fact: we never get to see our own face ever with our own eyes directly, in order to see your face you need something to produce a reflection of it.

[@arfyness]

I can see that zit on my cheek quite well enough, thank you.

[@Karak-_-]

Technicaly, if we somehow bend the light we could se our face with our own eyes.

[@AshrZ]

TL;DR: There are two mirrors facing perfectly 90 degrees from each other, causing a double reflection. 5:50

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

This just makes me in awe of our brains, our eyes flip the images we see upside down and our brains flip the image so we can go about our daily lives without falling down every 2 minutes...amazing nature

[@johnlamarca9439]

GREAT explanation!!