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
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.
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 ;)