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I'm not sure you understand the basic concept. Glass reflects a certain percentage of light. Let's say 10%. If you're looking from the inside, where there's little light, you get 10% of little and 90% of a lot (the outside you can see).
If you're outside, the light you get is 10% of a lot and 90% of little. Depending on the brightness, the reflected 10% can be a lot more than the light that's from the inside.
>Would it be possible to see the interior from the exterior without changing their respective brightness?
>Either by shining a certain kind of (visible or invisible) light into the window
Um .. how is shining light through the window not changing the respective brightness? Also, you have to shine it in a way that the reflections don't blind you. Invisible light will have no magical effect.
>or by using special glasses?
Now that's an interesting one. Depending on the angle under which light is reflected, it is actually polarized. So if you have a polar filter and stand in the right position, you can block out all reflections and see half of the light that comes from the inside.
>Do some rays get reflected but not others? As in, you can see the interior by isolating the UV or the IR light?
If it's reflective for light, it's likely reflective for IR and UV as well. Thermal cameras suffer from reflections.

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