The magic industry is full of creative thinking. Magic performance is only the end result, while creators of effects constantly innovate and blend science, technology, psychology, and technique to generate new ideas.
I have been fortunate enough to work with industry leaders to develop and co-develop two apps. In both cases I created working prototypes to test and develop the effects before being put into full production. I worked alongside Lloyd Barnes on Cognito for Murphy’s Magic and with Ellusionist for Predictagram.
Cognito
What would it look like if you could genuinely read minds?
Magicians and mentalists have debated this for centuries. They’ve searched high and low for ways to crack the code to this age-old question. While many have tried, few ideas have come as close to looking like genuine telepathy as “Cognito”.
This revolutionary magic app, which has been called “the best magic app of the decade”, enables you to harness the unimaginable power of divining a thought that only exists within a person’s mind. No writing, typing, speaking, pointing, forcing, etc. They think of something and you know it.
Predictagram [discontinued]
Turn Instagram into a weapon!
Magicians and mentalists have debated this for centuries. They’ve searched high and low for ways to crack the code to this age-old question. While many have tried, few ideas have come as close to looking like genuine telepathy as “Cognito”.
This revolutionary magic app, which has been called “the best magic app of the decade”, enables you to harness the unimaginable power of divining a thought that only exists within a person’s mind. No writing, typing, speaking, pointing, forcing, etc. They think of something and you know it.