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1 Introduction / Overview  
2

Smoke and Mirrors: Stage Illusion as Storytelling Tool

Design Exercise: Learn a Trick
Guest: Marco Tempest

 
3

The NeuroScience of Magic

Guest: Marco Tempest (via Skype)

Perform the Trick from Session 2
4

Magical Warfare: Camouflage & Deception & On Her Majesty’s Occult Service; Dee, Crowley, Maskelyne, and Mulholland

Guests: Joi Ito, Kevin Slavin, Adam Harvey

 
5

Present your Trick++

Guest: Marco Tempest (via Skype)

Present your Trick++
6

Magic as System

Design Exercise: Game Design
Guest: Kevin Slavin

 
7

Magic Items: Rings, Swords, and the Internet of Things

Guests: David Rose and Matt Jones

 
8 Midterm Project Presentations Midterm Project due
9

Computational Demonology: Bots, Familiars, and Machine Learning

Design Exercise: Build Your Own Markov Chain Bot
Guest: Darius Kazemi

Create Final Project Proposal
10 The Magic Circle: Ritual Magick as User Experience Design  
11

Showmanship, Environment, and Illusion

Design Exercise: Dry Run of Final Projects
Guest: Marco Tempest (via Skype)

Dry Run of Final Project
12

Final Project Presentations

Guest: Marco Tempest (via Skype)

Final Project due

Course Info

As Taught In
Spring 2015
Level
Learning Resource Types
Design Assignments
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