With the shift towards smart objects and automated services in many
industries, the health and beauty industries are also becoming increasingly
involved in AI-driven smart systems. There is a rising market demand for
personalised services and a need for unified platforms in many sectors,
specifically the cosmetics and healthcare industries. Alongside this rising
demand, there are two major gaps when considering the integration of autonomous
systems within these sectors. Firstly, the existing smart systems in the
cosmetics industry are limited to single-purpose products and the employed
technologies are not widespread enough to support the growing consumer demand
for personalisation. Secondly, despite the rise of smart devices in healthcare,
the current state-of-the-art services do not fulfil the accessibility demands
and holistic nature of healthcare. To bridge these gaps, we propose integrating
autonomous systems with health and beauty services through a unified visual
platform coined as the Internet-of-Mirrors (IoM), an interconnected system of
smart mirrors with sensing and communication capabilities where the smart
mirror functions as an immersive visual dashboard to provide personalised
services for health and beauty consultations and routines. We aim to present an
overview of current state-of-the-art technologies that will enable the
development of the IoM as well as provide a practical vision of this system
with innovative scenarios to give a forward-looking vision for assistive
technologies. We also discuss the missing capabilities and challenges the
development of the IoM would face and outline future research directions that
will support the realisation of our proposed framework.Comment: 21 pages, 6 figure