Students learned and performed sleight of hand illusions as an assignment in this course. (Image courtesy of the Crossett Library on flickr. License CC BY-NC-SA.)
Instructor(s)
Greg Borenstein
Dan Novy
MIT Course Number
MAS.S66
As Taught In
Spring 2015
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
With a focus on the creation of functional prototypes and practicing real magical crafts, this class combines theatrical illusion, game design, sleight of hand, machine learning, camouflage, and neuroscience to explore how ideas from ancient magic and modern stage illusion can inform cutting edge technology.