We may not know what Magic Leap's product looks like. And we haven't received even a "save the date" for its launch. But we know that it will display mixed reality comics from Madefire when whatever it is arrives. Announced as part of the Future of Comics in New Realities pan ...more
As Magic Leap prepares to ship the Magic Leap One later this year, the company is putting its focus on mentoring developers and creators to build a content ecosystem for the spatial computing platform. Registered developers are so important to Magic Leap that they'll be the f ...more
Not really a magic trick but a nice little rigged game you can annoy people with. The goal of the game is to pick from a pile of chips without being the one to pick up the last chip. The other person will never be able to beat you.
This video will teach you how to make a tooth pick disappear and reappear.
Do you want to be the next David Blaine, Chris Angel or David Copperfield? These magicians know how to do magic right, and they know how to do card tricks right, but why can't you? Just watch this video tutorial to see how to perform the magic "greatest card trick in the world ...more
The critics of Magic Leap have been circling for a couple of weeks now, but that isn't stopping the company from pushing forward with major new partnerships. The latest Magic Leap tie-up is with none other than motion capture actor Andy Serkis and his UK-based The Imaginarium ...more
The classic beginner routine for the cups and balls magic trick.
Magic Trick: The Box Through Bottle Have you ever heard of the Masked Magician? With the television series Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed, the so-called Masked Magician (Val Valentino) revealed secret after secret of the magicians repertoire. Valentino creates “the ...more
Get ready to perform a trick where you make a spoon bend like it's rubber! All you need is a regular metal spoon. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors, so make sure you have friends and family around whenever you do magic tricks. 1. Hold ...more
Tutorial for the Jazz Aces card trick.
Tired of the same pen spinning tricks? Check out this instructional magic trick tutorial video to learn how to do the Warped Sonic pen spinning magic trick that will add some zest to your pen spinning skills. Basically you need to know how to do a charge and a pass. But if you ...more
The mysterious Magic Leap just partnered up with Lucasfilm's ILM xLAB to bring Star Wars to their mixed reality headsets. Based on the video demo making its way around the internet, it looks pretty impressive. Video: . We don't know much about Magic Leap and what form its head ...more
Now that the cat's out of the bag, Magic Leap has published videos of a pair of apps that will be available to Magic Leap One early adopters. Alongside the core apps, Magic Leap will make Create and Tónandi, developed in-house with early-access partners, available at launch. ...more
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to three easy tricks. The first trick is the coin in the hand. The magician drops a penny into the spectator's hand 3 times. on the third time, the coin ends up being a nickel instead of a penny. The second trick is vanishing coin. The ...more
The end of year surprises keep on flowing from the Plantation, Florida offices of Magic Leap. This time, it's yet another game from the company's old partner Insomniac Games, and it's called Strangelets. Don't Miss: Magic Leap & Weta Workshop Launch Boosters Game from Dr. Gr ...more
While the big names in augmented reality demonstrated the breadth of opportunities in the industry's landscape this week, one new startup showed off what is possible further in the future. On the AR wearables front, Magic Leap and Nreal, two of the current front-runners for A ...more
A simple tutorial teaching you how to do slide card change trick.
No, it’s not the latest dance craze; it’s a simple magic shuffle that sets up some serious sleight of hand. All you need is a regular deck of cards and some time to practice. While there are tons of magic tutorials showing the steps for the Hindu shuffle, this video is maybe t ...more
Raspberry juice will change colors with the help of a couple simple home ingredients, and creates a a great trick effect. Learn how to perform the color changing juice trick by watching this video magic tutorial.
Do you want to be the next David Blaine, Chris Angel or David Copperfield? These magicians know how to do magic right, and they know how to do card tricks right, but why can't you? Just watch this video tutorial to see how to perform the magic "ace thru four rearrange" card tr ...more
In this video, the host, Mr. G teaches you an array of seemingly impossible magic tricks. Not only is it entertaining, but a viewer can learn how to scam money out of their friends. My only suggestion is that the steps for completing the tricks were explained in detail. The vi ...more
It might sound odd to call interior decorating exciting, especially if you're not a professional within that industry. But that's exactly what it is when combined with augmented reality. I recently found out just how fun it can be when I downloaded the new Sotheby's Curate ap ...more
With the official launch of Magic Leap One expected by the end of summer (translation: days from now), Magic Leap's hype machine just took a big hit with the sudden loss of a key marketing executive. Magic Leap confirmed the departure of Jeff Gattis, vice president of product ...more
Just a week after rumors surfaced of a massive new investment in Magic Leap led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), the investment has been confirmed by the company's CEO Rony Abovitz. The investment amount from PIF is $400 million, with an additional $61 million ...more
Interested in rooting your HTC Magic or T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Google Android smartphone but aren't sure how to proceed? Never fear: this ten-minute hacker's how-to presents a complete step-by-step overview of the rooting process. For the specifics, and to get started rooting you ...more
As the Notorious B.I.G. once said, via his hit single, "Mo Money, Mo Problems." However, it would appear that Magic Leap feels a bit differently about piling on the cash. Magic Leap is currently in the midst of closing another funding deal, this time from Saudi Arabia's Publi ...more
It turns out that attending the L.E.A.P. conference last month may have mostly been best for demoing the Magic Leap One in person, as the company has now uploaded the majority of the insider panels held at the event in Los Angeles. Just a day after releasing an initial set of ...more
Need a new card trick? Learn how to magically make a card levitate above your hand and spin around in circles like a hummingbird. This trick takes a little set up time but the pay off will be well worth it. Float and spin a card in mid air and impress all onlookers. Perform th ...more
Having emerged as one of the leading augmented reality video conferencing apps, Spatial is ready to improve upon the experience. On Thursday, the startup announced that it has closed a $14 million funding round, bringing its total funding to $22 million to date. Don't Miss: ...more
New York-based virtual content startup Sketchfab is usually at the forefront of the latest developments in augmented reality, so it's no surprise that the company has locked in yet another major platform. Magic Leap has announced that Sketchfab is its first WebXR partner (a f ...more
Want to play "Do You Believe in Magic" by John Sebastien of the Loving Spoonful on your ukulele? Learn how with this free video ukulele lesson from Ukulele Mike. Whether you play the ukulele or bass kazoo, there is no better way to improve your chops than by learning to play y ...more
Magic Trick: The Vanishing Coin Have you ever heard of the Masked Magician? With the television series Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed, the so-called Masked Magician (Val Valentino) revealed secret after secret of the magicians repertoire. Valentino creates “the magi ...more
In the last few weeks, the Magic Leap ecosystem has ramped up activity with a number of new releases debuting just before the close of the year. Now, yet another piece of the Magic Leap picture has come into focus in the form of prescription lens inserts. Don't Miss: Lowe's ...more
While the company is adamant that the Magic Leap One: Creator Edition will ship this year, currently, it seems its CEO is more interested in striking deals with content partners than releasing details about the headset. Meanwhile, in perhaps the most poorly-written SEC filing ...more
Learn how to do a card trick! Yes, learn some magic you can do with all of those playing card decks lying around your house. This young girl will show you in this video tutorial, how to perform the David Blaine ace magic card trick. It isn't just an illusion, it's deception, i ...more
Want to improve your pen spinning? Check out this instructional magic trick video that will show you how to perform a backaround trick. This tutorial is great for pen spinning aficionados and anyone looking to expand their knowledge and skills of magic tricks. Practice the mot ...more
Need some help figuring out how to configure and use an Apple Magic Trackpad with your Mac? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from MacMost can present a complete overview of the process in about five minutes' time. For more information, including det ...more
On Monday, German newspaper and digital publisher Axel Springer announced its role as the latest company to invest in Magic Leap. This is just the latest in a series of investments the augmented reality company has garnered from the likes of Google, Qualcomm, Alibaba, Legendar ...more
Perform a card change trick in which you change one card into another. This trick does not use any double lifts.
How to perform the Hovercard trick and make a card hover away from the rest of the deck. Perform the HoverCard magic trick. Click through to watch this video on tricklife.com
In his famous 1996 "Content is King" essay, Bill Gates predicted that content is where tech companies will make money on the Internet. The adage clearly holds true in the current phase of augmented reality experience. For example, Magic Leap, Snapchat, Facebook, Google, 8th W ...more
In any business, there are a number of questions companies must answer in order to get customers to buy a product or service. The same holds true for companies selling augmented reality headsets. How do you sell the devices? For Magic Leap, the answer may include physical ret ...more
Just days before the release of the first image of the Magic Leap device, the company's CEO, Rony Abovitz, knew that the biggest moment of his life was about to unfold the following week. But instead of hunkering down in the Florida-based confines of the company's skunkworks, ...more
Learn a magic trick in which you appear to make the numbers on two dice change just by rotating them.
This is a cool magic trick, that forces the spectator to choose a card and watch that card get burnt in front of them. This is somewhat of a hard trick to do, so practice.
The year is 2018. You just received your own Magic Leap One: Creator Edition. What now? Rewinding back to today, we know of one specific app that will be available for Magic Leap's device, along with two others that could be tagged as highly likely. Paired with Magic Leap's o ...more
Want to go to Seattle and meet the Actiongram team? To go along with the new fantasy theme pack for Actiongram, a HoloLens app for incorporating 3D characters into home movies, Microsoft has announced the Actiongram Fantasy Contest Quest. Simply make videos using the content ...more
Augmented reality jigsaw puzzle game PuzzlAR: World Tour, formerly only available on mobile devices, has been given a major upgrade via a new version for the Magic Leap One. Back in November 2018, Magic Leap sought to bolster its AR ecosystem by launching the Independent Crea ...more
This video gives a demonstration of magic coin balancing. Amaze your children with this trick. Do a magic coin balance. Click through to watch this video on helpfulvideo.com
LARPing, or live action role-playing, can look a little silly because it requires a lot of imagination to suspend reality. But mixed reality technology like the Microsoft HoloLens can change all of that with voice commands and special effects. The Medium blog HoloLens Challen ...more
Over the years, Magic Leap's long-cultivated shroud of mystery led some onlookers to buy into the company's dream before even trying the device, while for others, the secrecy seems to have stoked the kind of resentment and overcorrecting critique usually reserved for the might ...more
The beginning of autumn has delivered a number of new augmented reality developments, and we're on top of it. This week, NASA launched several major new initiatives that involve AR as an essential piece of the puzzle. Also, Magic Leap's history turned a major new corner, whil ...more
Magic Leap's recent L.E.A.P. conference was free to all who registered in time, but if you weren't able to make the trip to Hollywood, the company just released video of some of the sessions that took place over the course of two days. The sessions, which are really discussio ...more
Noted poet T.S. Elliot once wrote that "April is the cruelest month." But Magic Leap might argue that March is the most miserable, as the Ides of March brought more legal woes to augmented reality startup. Elsewhere, its closely-held branding secrets have been spilled by way o ...more
It's magical! The Magic Light Brush knows what color you are using and magically reveals the color of clear Color Wonder paint. This is a great mess free product to use for your child's next art project. This tutorial teaches you and your child how to use the Crayola Color Won ...more
As it prepares to ship its first product by the end of the summer, Magic Leap has managed to impress yet another high-profile investor in telecommunications giant AT&T. In addition to the investment, AT&T will serve as the exclusive wireless distribution partner for the consu ...more
Magic tricks that will work well in crowd on drunk people are some of the most useful ones you can learn, and this trick is that in spades. It's called Healed n' Sealed, requires the construction of a trick can, and you will learn how to do it in this video.
Developers and enterprise customers chomping at the bit to get their hands on HoloLens 2 may not have to wait much longer, as Microsoft passed one of the remaining hurdles needed to release their new tech into the wild. But Microsoft isn't the only tech giant with new augment ...more
You’ve heard the saying pass the buck, right? Well Ryan Oakes is going to coin a new saying, pass the coin, through your leg. Check out how to do this cool new trick. You will need one coin. Sometimes we use materials that require adult supervision... like scissors so make sur ...more
In this series of magic videos, our professional magician demonstrates basic sleight of hand tricks such as the French drop and false transfer in a clear and easy-to-follow manner. He also performs several tricks using cups and balls and explains these routines in detail. He e ...more