An active-tracking based system for generating a mirror image includes a position sensing module for determining the position of an observer relative to a surface, and a camera module for generating the mirror image based upon the position determined by the position sensing module, as the mirror image would have been experienced by the observer if the surface had been a mirror. An active-tracking based method for generating a mirror image includes (a) determining the position of an observer relative to a surface, (b) capturing at least one image, and (c) generating, from the at least one image, the mirror image as the mirror image would have been experienced by the observer if the surface had been a mirror.