Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card trick like no other

I had watched this presentation on TED talks. Instead of something more serious, I had chosen something a bit lighthearted and somewhat fun. Marco Tempest is a cyber magician citing that he combines elements of illusion and science. I have always had a slight interest in illusionists, but a deeper interest in astrology and technology. What interested me was how Marco combined all three in this presentation. Marco first puts on augmented reality goggles, which are modeled after Google's project Glass, and then performs his card trick. As Google glass augments reality with data, notice the four corners of the screen as Marco performs his trick, the various bits of data that are displayed is interesting. As he setts up the trick, Marco outlines the meaning of the cards, mentioning how the four suits represent the four seasons, the 13 cards are for the 13 phases of the moon, and how there are 365 marks on all the cards to correspond with the days of the year. He even brings up how the suits themselves are some of the oldest symbols. The "environment" that is seen through the glasses interacts with Marco in a humorous way as each card in the deck is used while Marco tells his story. And each card that corresponds to the point in his story comes up at the right time, such as every king and queen in the correct order to portray people he has performed for. Since Marco is using reality glasses the cards come to life at certain points such as being animated, and floating around. In the end there are two cards left, one that was marked as a special card and another card of a similar number. Overall this was not just a typical card trick. It was new and state of the art, and for me the trick had an interesting mack story that tied some ancient beliefs.