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From: Mike Horvath
Subject: One way mirror?
Date: 25 Jan 2016 17:20:34
Message: <56a69fb2$1@news.povray.org>

Is a one-way mirror actually more reflective on one side than the other? 
Or is the effect simply achieved by having a dark room on one side and a 
lit room on the other?


Mike

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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: One way mirror?
Date: 25 Jan 2016 17:34:20
Message: <56a6a2ec$1@news.povray.org>

On 25/01/2016 10:20 PM, Mike Horvath wrote:
> Is a one-way mirror actually more reflective on one side than the other?
> Or is the effect simply achieved by having a dark room on one side and a
> lit room on the other?

The latter.

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From: clipka
Subject: Re: One way mirror?
Date: 25 Jan 2016 17:41:09
Message: <56a6a485$1@news.povray.org>

Am 25.01.2016 um 23:20 schrieb Mike Horvath:
> Is a one-way mirror actually more reflective on one side than the other?
> Or is the effect simply achieved by having a dark room on one side and a
> lit room on the other?

To the best of contemporary knowledge, a true one-way mirror would be
physically impossible.

AFAIK the only optical element known to /not/ work the same in both
directions would be a black hole's event horizon -- and that one doesn't
reflect anything ;)

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