ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marco Tempest - Techno-illusionist
Marco Tempest is a cyber illusionist, combining magic and technology to produce astonishing illusions.

Why you should listen

The Swiss magician began his performing career as a stage magician and manipulator, winning awards and establishing an international reputation. His interest in computer-generated imageryled him to incorporate video and digital technology in his work — and eventually to the development of a new form of contemporary illusion. The expansion of the Internet and social media provided more opportunities for digital illusions and ways of interacting with audiences and creating magically augmented realities. Tempest is a keen advocate of the open source community, working with artists, writers and technologists to create new experiences and research the practical uses of the technology of illusion. He is a Director’s Fellow at the MIT Media Lab.

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TEDGlobal 2011

Marco Tempest: Augmented reality, techno-magic

Marco Tempest: Forstærket virkelighed, teknologisk magi

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So magicmagi is a very introvertedindadvendt fieldMark.
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Magi er et meget indesluttet område.
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While scientistsforskere regularlyregelmæssigt publishoffentliggøre theirderes latestseneste researchforskning,
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Mens videnskabsmænd regelmæssigt offentliggør deres seneste resultater,
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we magicianstryllekunstnere do not like to sharedel our methodsmetoder and secretshemmeligheder.
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kan vi tryllekunstnere ikke lide at dele ud af vores metoder og hemmeligheder.
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That's truerigtigt even amongstblandt peersjævnaldrende.
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Det er endda også sandt blandt kolleger.
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But if you look at creativekreativ practiceøve sig as a formform of researchforskning,
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Men hvis du ser på kreativ praksis som en form for forskning,
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or artkunst as a formform of R&D for humanitymenneskelighed,
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eller kunst som en form for R&D for menneskeligheden,
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then how could a cyberCyber illusionistillusionist like myselfMig selv
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hvordan kan en cyber illusionist som mig selv
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sharedel his researchforskning?
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så dele ud af sin forskning?
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Now my ownegen specialityspecialitet is combiningkombinere digitaldigital technologyteknologi and magicmagi.
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Min egen specialitet er at kombinere digital teknologi og magi.
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And about threetre yearsflere år agosiden,
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Og for cirka tre år siden
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I startedstartede an exercisedyrke motion
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begyndte jeg på en øvelse
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in opennessåbenhed and inclusivenessrummelighed
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i åbenhed og rummelighed
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by reaching out into the open-sourceopen source softwaresoftware communityfællesskab
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ved at række ud i open-source software fællesskabet
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to createskab newny digitaldigital toolsværktøjer for magicmagi --
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for at skabe nye digitale værktøjer til magi --
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toolsværktøjer that could eventuallytil sidst be shareddelt with other artistskunstnere
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værktøjer som i så fald kunne deles med andre kunstnere
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to startStart them off furtheryderligere on in the processbehandle
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og hjælpe dem med at starte længere fremme i processen
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and to get them to the poetrypoesi fasterhurtigere.
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og komme frem til poesien hurtigere.
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TodayI dag, I'd like to showat vise you something whichhvilken camekom out of these collaborationssamarbejder.
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I dag vil jeg vise jer noget som kom ud af disse samarbejder.
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It's an augmentedaugmented realityvirkelighed
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Det er et forstærket virkeligheds
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projectionfremspring trackingsporing and mappingkortlægning systemsystem,
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projektions sporings- og kortlægningssystem,
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or a digitaldigital storytellinghistoriefortælling toolværktøj.
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eller et digitalt fortælleværktøj.
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Could we bringtage med down the lightslys please? Thank you.
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Kan vi få dæmpet lyset? Tak.
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So let's give this a try.
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Så lad os give det et forsøg.
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And I'm going to use it
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Og jeg kommer til at bruge det
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to give you my take
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til at give jer min version
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on the stuffting og sager of life.
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af ting i livet.
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TerriblyFrygtelig sorry. I forgotglemte the flooretage.
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Beklager. Jeg glemte gulvet.
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WakeVågne up.
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Vågn op.
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Hey.
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Hej.
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Come on.
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Kom så.
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Please.
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Vær så venlig.
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Come on.
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Kom så.
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AhAh, sorry about that.
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Åh, undskyld.
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ForgotGlemte this.
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Glemte det her.
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Give it anotheren anden try.
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Giv det en chance til.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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He figuredregnede out the systemsystem.
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Han gennemskuede systemet.
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Uh oh.
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Åh åh.
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All right. Let's try this.
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Okay. Lad os prøve det her.
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Come on.
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Kom så.
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Hey.
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Hej.
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You heardhørt her, go aheadforan.
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Du hørte hende, kom bare.
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Bye-byeBye-bye.
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Farvel.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marco Tempest - Techno-illusionist
Marco Tempest is a cyber illusionist, combining magic and technology to produce astonishing illusions.

Why you should listen

The Swiss magician began his performing career as a stage magician and manipulator, winning awards and establishing an international reputation. His interest in computer-generated imageryled him to incorporate video and digital technology in his work — and eventually to the development of a new form of contemporary illusion. The expansion of the Internet and social media provided more opportunities for digital illusions and ways of interacting with audiences and creating magically augmented realities. Tempest is a keen advocate of the open source community, working with artists, writers and technologists to create new experiences and research the practical uses of the technology of illusion. He is a Director’s Fellow at the MIT Media Lab.

More profile about the speaker
Marco Tempest | Speaker | TED.com