<div>We did it! Your donations and my research work combined to enable me to present my True Mirror Research at the Association for Psychological Science Convention in Barcelona! 
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<div>I just got back - see my latest update for how it went.  Thank you!  JW
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<div>Hi Everyone,
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<div>I'm John Walter, creator of the True Mirror — an optically precise non-reversing mirror that lets you see yourself as you actually appear to others, instead of reversed like every mirror you've ever used.
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<div>The concept isn't new (first patented in 1887), but what happened the instant I saw myself unreversed in a medicine cabinet double-mirror was life-changing. It wasn't about what I <strong><em>looked </em></strong>like — it was what I <strong><em>felt</em> </strong>like. It was really me looking back, with genuine happiness showing not just in my smile but in a sparkling light from my eyes. In the regular mirror, that sparkle froze, the smile collapsed within seconds, and the connection disappeared. The difference was unmistakable.
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<div>Since 1992, I've been perfecting the optics (the key was creating a seamless join between two mirrors at exactly 90.00°) and showing people this experience one by one. What I kept seeing was the same thing: genuine smiles sustain and communicate in the True Mirror, but look fake and collapse in seconds in a regular mirror. I've demonstrated this to more than 25,000 people over 30+ years and have more than 1,000 videos documenting the phenomenon on social media (@truemirrorco on TikTok and Instagram).
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<div>This year, I conducted a formal study analyzing 22 video-recorded subjects using FACS (Facial Action Coding System) software to measure exactly what genuine smiles look like in each mirror. The results are striking: True Mirror viewing produces significantly higher expression density across virtually every subject, with an average advantage of 7.5× — meaning genuine smiles are seven and a half times more present in the True Mirror than in a standard reversed mirror.
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<div><strong>I've been accepted to present these findings at the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Convention in Barcelona this May.</strong> This is a major opportunity — not just to share the research, but to put the True Mirror in front of researchers across psychology, neuroscience, child development, clinical practice, and self-perception science who can take this into their own labs.
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<div>This GoFundMe is to help cover the trip: airfare from New York, lodging, convention fees, and expenses come to about $2,200 — a real stretch right now with sales being slow at the True Mirror Company.
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<div><strong>Can you help? Your donation is deeply appreciated. And if you'd like to experience it yourself, please visit truemirror.com and bring a True Mirror home!</strong>
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<div>All best,
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<div>John Walter
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