Devices, systems and methods of capturing and displaying appearances

1. A system to enable appearance comparison, the system comprising:

at least one interactive imaging and display station connected to a network, the station comprising:

a mirror-display device capable of selectably operating in mirror mode, a display mode, or both a mirror and a display mode;

an imaging device to capture video of one or more appearances from a field-of-view in front of said mirror-display device;

a storage device to store the video; and

an image control unit to select the mode of operation of said mirror-display device according to a user command, and to display a mirrored image of the video retrieved from the storage device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said image control unit includes an input device to receive said user command from a user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said image control unit includes an interface for downloading the video to a mobile storage device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said mirror-display device is capable of being partitioned into at least first and second simultaneously-displayable frames, the first frame selectably operable both in a mirror mode and a display mode, and the second frame operable in a mirror mode.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said imaging device is capable of capturing three-dimensional images of said appearances.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein said mirror-display device is capable of displaying images of appearances at predefined sequences.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said image control unit is able to selectively enable a user to access images of appearances authorized to said user, based on user-identifying input received from said user.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one interactive imaging and display station comprises two or more interactive imaging and display stations able to communicate over the network.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein said two or more stations are able to communicate between each other data representing images of appearances.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein said mirror-display device is embedded in a semi-reflective mirror.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mirror-display device comprises a high definition television.

12. A method to enable appearance comparison, the method comprising:

providing a mirror-display device capable of being selectably operated in either a mirror mode or a display mode;

capturing a video from a field-of-view in front of said mirror-display device;

storing said video;

selecting the display mode of operation of said mirror-display device;

retrieving said video and displaying a mirrored image of the video on said mirror-display device.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising sending the video via a network interface to a control center.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising downloading the video onto a portable storage device.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising downloading discounts onto the portable storage device.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising verifying a user using face recognition.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising rendering virtual effects on the mirror-display device.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein said imaging device comprises a camera for scanning a face and performing face recognition.

19. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a biometric input device.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein said imaging device comprises a stereoscopic camera.