Observed arrival · 2026-09-05
Haunted Frame turns a television into a portrait that watches back
A browser-based TV experience uses a phone camera to make a nineteenth-century portrait’s eyes follow people moving through the room.
Field notes
The experience runs from a phone browser rather than a dedicated television app. Users mirror the phone to a screen, place the handset beneath it with the camera facing outward, and let the portrait respond to movement in the room. The page names a free portrait and an eight-portrait set priced at $14. It also says custom paintings or photographs can be turned into period portraits, though that capability is presented as an available option rather than independently demonstrated in the extract.
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