# Selfie Mirror Overview

> Learn how Selfie Mirror turns a store mirror into a hands-free, branded selfie experience that customers take home on WhatsApp.

## What is Selfie Mirror?

PhyGrid Selfie Mirror turns a screen with a camera into an interactive selfie mirror. It notices when someone steps up, invites them to take a selfie, and places them into up to three branded scenes, called covers. The customer picks a favourite and scans a QR code to receive it on WhatsApp. The whole flow works hands-free with voice prompts, or by touch.

## Why use Selfie Mirror?

A selfie moment gives customers a reason to stop, interact, and share:

- **Delight customers:** A fun, memorable interaction that stands out from a regular store visit
- **Brand engagement:** Every cover carries your campaign artwork, and customers share it from their own phone
- **Campaign ready:** Swap covers, texts, and branding per campaign or season from the installation settings

## Key features

### Hands-free experience

- **Face detection:** The mirror wakes up when a visitor stands in front of it
- **Voice prompts:** On-screen texts are spoken aloud, with a choice of voice
- **Voice commands:** Visitors answer "yes" or "no" and pick a cover by saying its number
- **Touch fallback:** Every step also works by tapping the screen

### Branded covers

- **Up to three covers:** Each captured selfie is cut out and placed into up to three scenes you design
- **Frames and overlays:** Add an overlay on top of the person, such as a magazine frame or campaign graphic
- **Placement control:** Set where the person stands and how large they appear in each scene
- **Your look and feel:** Logo, brand colours, and fonts across every screen

### Delivery on WhatsApp

- **Scan to receive:** The customer scans a QR code, which opens WhatsApp with a pre-filled message
- **Instant reply:** Sending the message returns the chosen cover in the same chat
- **No sign-up:** The customer doesn't enter a phone number or create an account on the mirror

## How it works

1. A visitor stands in front of the mirror, or taps the screen
2. The mirror asks whether they would like to take a selfie, and the visitor answers by voice or touch
3. A countdown runs while the visitor poses, and the camera takes the photo
4. The visitor is cut out of the photo and placed into each of your covers
5. The visitor picks a favourite cover by voice or touch
6. The visitor scans the QR code and sends the pre-filled WhatsApp message to receive the cover

If nobody interacts for a while, the mirror says goodbye and returns to the start screen.

## What you need

- A PhyGrid device with a screen, a camera, and a microphone
- The Selfie Mirror app, plus the camera and microphone peripheral apps on the same device
- One to three cover images, prepared as described in [Prepare cover images for Selfie Mirror](https://learn.phygrid.com/selfie-mirror/prepare-cover-images-for-selfie-mirror/)
- An internet connection, used for cutting out the person, voice prompts, and WhatsApp delivery

## See it in action

Watch the Selfie Mirror in a live store: [Selfie Mirror video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctVWmZ9PULU)

## Get started

1. [Install Selfie Mirror](https://learn.phygrid.com/selfie-mirror/install-selfie-mirror/) from the Marketplace
2. [Connect Selfie Mirror to a device](https://learn.phygrid.com/selfie-mirror/connect-selfie-mirror-to-a-device/) and configure the device settings
3. [Install the camera and microphone peripherals](https://learn.phygrid.com/selfie-mirror/install-camera-and-microphone-peripherals-for-selfie-mirror/)
4. [Prepare cover images](https://learn.phygrid.com/selfie-mirror/prepare-cover-images-for-selfie-mirror/) for your campaign
5. [Set up Selfie Mirror](https://learn.phygrid.com/selfie-mirror/set-up-selfie-mirror/) with your covers, texts, and branding