Second Life 2023: How to make a ‘mirror’ using PBR reflections

Wanted to add a note here that my friend Sasy Scarborough pointed out:

"Just to be clear this is reflections, not to be confused with Mirrors, we will have Mirrors in future, they are working on that as we speak...they are two different things, but the Mirror project is coming and is very exciting."

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[tiaraashley]

Oh to select the Probe again need to go to Build - Options - Select Probe

[beejoyful]

WOW!!!! Thank you so much for sharing Ms McCann's wealth of goodness, Feorie! Hope you get over that flu fast! ♥♥ I've been waiting for mirrors in SL since I first became a dedicated Resident (in 2015)

[ByteDreams]

You're right - it is very cool! Thank you for making this vid! ♥ ♥

[ADKHoot]

The new SL and Alchemy viewers are PBR enabled now. Firestorm Beta has it and it's in testing. I'm also using that to build with and I think they're very close. Alchemy actually has a "mirror" button on the reflection probe's feature page.

[ShereeHoneyflowerSL]

I'm going to try this. And yes, Bay City citizens are the best!

[eddyk]

you can also play around with how far it goes from the mirror prim .01 .I notice you have it extending about a block out if right. hard to say in the end. going to try this also and see more. also the great control alt t to make invisible red. Test one not so good firestorm guess will install LL one. Yup can only make probe linden lab viewer, so lost in that viewer not used it in like 10 year or more lol.

[LDragon]

It's not really meant for mirrors yet. Those are supposed to come in a future PBR update. But it's rather nice that you can experiment with the effect now.

Regarding the way your avatar turns dark when it intersects the probe -- do you have a light source inside the room? A Linden blog post mentioned that interiors will require light sources for the reflection probe to work properly.

[Deepti-ufbi]

I tried to make the reflection probe the same way you mentioned but it was not showing any reflection. is there some thing that need to be done to viewer settings? I am using the latest SL (linden Lab) viewer.
And how to check if my viewer have PBR?
Thanks :)

[Deepti-ufbi]

Hi, i tried to create reflective probe just the way you mentioned but i am unable to get the mirror reflection. is there something that needs to be done in the settings of the viewer to get this effect?
I am using the latest SL (linden lab) viewer.
Also how to check if my viewer have PBR?

[lanieshalafortune]

im sad i can't find the reflection probe on mine and i update my firestorm to 6.6.17 😕

[lisadawley]

Just tried the technique, works fine and mirrors everything around me but for some weird reason, it doesn't reflect me at all. Any idea why?

[venusadoredable]

hi there Feorie. I indeed managed to mke the mirror. I do see myself in the mirror; however it is not sharp.Any idea how I can make it sharp?

[BonnieVincent]

I did mine just the way you said but my avie is stuck and then it jumps a minute later...it doesn't flow like yours does with my movements...what am I doing wrong?

[AmbyrMoonwall]

At 3:45 when you create the probe I can't at all see what's going on there. How do you rez a reflection probe?!