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OPPOSING MIRRORS AND VIDEO MONITORS

ON TIME DELAY

The length of the mirrors and their
distance from the cameras ensure that
each of the opposing mirrors reflects the
opposite side (half) of the enclosing
room (and also the reflection of an
observer within the Area who is viewing
the monitor/mirror image).
The camera sees and tapes this
mirror's view.
Each of the videotaped camera views
is displayed 8 seconds later, appearing on
the monitor of the opposite Area.
Mirror A reflects the present
surroundings and the delayed image
projected on Monitor A. Monitor A
shows Mirror B 8 seconds ago, the
opposite side's view of Area A.
Similarly, Mirror A contains the
opposite side's view of Area B.
A spectator in Area A (or Area B)
looking in the direction of the mirror
sees: i) a continuous present-time
reflection of his surrounding space; 2)
himself as observer; and 3) on the
reflected monitor image 8 seconds in the
past, his Area as seen by the mirror of
the opposite Area.
A spectator in Area A turned to face
Monitor A will see both the reflection of
Area A as it appeared in Mirror B
8 seconds earlier and, on a reduced scale,
Area A reflected in Mirror B now.