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Friday
Feb052010

The Instamagic Camera

What happens when you combine a psychological principle and a couple cold reading techniques in an iPhone app?  Hopefully a fun result.  For the Instamagic Camera, my latest and most sophisticated iPhone application I decided to build it around some techniques I use in my own magic and present it in a fun, visual way.

The application lets people mix an onscreen deck of cards - this is being generated in real time using a physics engine so no two shuffles are ever the same.  They're then asked to concentrate on a face-up card.  Some adjustments are made to the camera and then the image of their card develops on a polaroid right before their eyes.  it can be repeated over and over.

I also have two other effects in the app.  One is a new take on the Princess Card trick where the thought of card ends up as a blurry smear.  I've also included a modern take on a classic number trick.

When the app hits the iTunes store it'll be just $.99.