2004
What happens when you set a genuine magician in the ordinary natural world? Magic, naturally! Watch as Marco Tempest plays with the rules of nature in the urban wilderness of New York City's Central Park. Producing live animals from thin air is just the beginning. Play along as master magician Lance Burton and special guest magician Jeff McBride guide you through the history of nature's magical powers. Follow Marco through the virtual archives of nature and watch him use nature's elements like the wind, the earth and even the Sun to perform some amazing feats. You would even think he could walk on water.
2004
In the 19th century, the subject of spiritualism turned the séance into a popular fad. But even if spirits don't really speak from the dead that doesn't mean The Virtual Magician can't invoke their mysterious forms and forces! Travel with Marco Tempest through the virtual haunted world of NYC's spiritual past and its modern day mysteries as he magically summons these ghostly tales. Marco will elicit poltergeists and awaken ghosts in the so-called haunted houses and restaurants whose supernatural history is detailed by spiritual historian Hans Holzer. See a table float with the help of newly convinced onlookers and experience how the spirits help Marco bring about some magical mysteries in an actual séance. After an enlightening experience at a Voodoo Lounge with floating dolls and ghostly card play, step into the mystic world of guest magician Jeff Sheridan whose purely silent magic experience will intrigue you. Follow along with Marco Tempest as he moves through the crowd at the infamous Halloween Parade in NYC and frolics along with ghouls and monsters exciting spectators with spooky tales and magic tricks.
2004
Is the magician a scientist or is the scientist a magician? Come join Marco Tempest and explore the boundaries between science and magic at the New York Hall of Science where we experiment with subjects like inertia, anti-gravity, lasers and higher dimensions. Hear how magic and science interact from international best-selling author and co-founder of modern day string theory, Michio Kaku. Understand the connection between Einstein's theory of relativity, and the black holes that allow The Virtual Magician to bend space and travel through time. See Marco pull the switch with a switchboard, break Newton's 3rd law of motion and literally experience time travel. Just watch! Figure out that what goes up, must come down and how surface tension and alchemy work as Marco Tempest takes a virtual voyage in an anti-gravity device of his own creation.
2004
Is the magician a conman? Not exactly, but sometimes the techniques of the magician and the conman overlap. Follow Marco Tempest as he shows us the difference between the conman and the magician's con games. Watch how Marco changes 1 dollar bills into 100 dollar bills back at the race track and train station and short changes a tourist in NYC's Times Square - a few likely places for the conman. See Marco change a green apple to red and con a horse and later change paper into money to settle a tab. Learn the tools of the trade from con game expert and internationally renowned guest magician Simon Lovell as he bottom deals playing cards to finish with a royal flush, pulls 4 Aces from thin air and takes a peak at the cards using a glim. Try to pick up some spare change and see a glass pass through a table while waiting for a train in NYC's Grand Central Station with Marco Tempest as Newmagic Communications presents The Virtual Con Man.