# Mirror

A way to see the small changes. Facial movement tracking, built out of a personal need.

- Status: Live
- Category: Facial movement tracking
- Live product: https://mirror.iali.in/try
- Case study: https://iali.in/projects/mirror/

## The problem was personal.

I started building Mirror after Bell’s palsy affected the right side of my face. I wanted a way to observe movement during my exercises and look back at changes over time.

That was the starting point: make something that helped me see what was happening, session by session.

## Turn movement into something visible.

Mirror uses MediaPipe to track more than 400 facial landmarks in real time. It compares movement across both sides of the face and records progress during exercises.

The interface brings those observations together so a session is more than a number I have to remember. A time-lapse makes changes easier to review and discuss with my physiotherapist.

## Build around the daily session.

The important decision was to connect live feedback with a record over time. An isolated score has limited context. A sequence of sessions gives me something to look back at.

I used Claude during development and MediaPipe for the facial landmark tracking. The work began with my own routine, rather than a broad product brief.

## A public project, with a personal origin.

Mirror is available to try, and its story has been covered by eight publications. Those articles document why I built it; they are not clinical validation. The project is a tool for observing facial movement, not a diagnosis or a promise of recovery.

## Links

- [Try Mirror](https://mirror.iali.in/try)
- [Coverage in Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/my-right-side-stopped-working-indian-techie-builds-ai-app-after-sudden-bell-s-palsy-diagnosis-101778214921920.html)