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
TEDGlobal 2011

Marco Tempest: Augmented reality, techno-magic

Marco Tempest : La réalité augmentée, la techno-magie

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En adoptant des techniques de prestidigitation et une charmante narration, l'illusionniste Marco Tempest donne vie à un petit bonhomme désinvolte sur la scène de TEDGlobal.
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La magie est un domaine très fermé.
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While scientistsscientifiques regularlyrégulièrement publishpublier theirleur latestdernier researchrecherche,
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Alors que les scientifiques publient régulièrement leurs dernières recherches,
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we magiciansmagiciens do not like to sharepartager our methodsméthodes and secretssecrets.
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nous, les magiciens, n'aimons pas partager nos secrets.
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That's truevrai even amongstparmi peerspairs.
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C'est aussi vrai entre collègues.
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But if you look at creativeCréatif practiceentraine toi as a formforme of researchrecherche,
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Mais si vous regardez l'exercice créatif comme une forme de recherche,
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or artart as a formforme of R&D for humanityhumanité,
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ou l'art comme une forme de R&D pour l'humanité,
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then how could a cyberCyber illusionistillusionniste like myselfmoi même
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comment un cyber-illusionniste comme moi peut-il
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sharepartager his researchrecherche?
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partager sa recherche ?
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Now my ownposséder specialityspécialité is combiningcombinant digitalnumérique technologyLa technologie and magicla magie.
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Ma propre spécialité allie la technologie numérique à la magie.
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And about threeTrois yearsannées agodepuis,
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Il y a à peu près trois ans,
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I startedcommencé an exerciseexercice
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j'ai commencé un exercice
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in opennessouverture and inclusivenessinclusivité
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d'ouverture et d'exhaustivité
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by reachingatteindre out into the open-sourceOpen source softwareLogiciel communitycommunauté
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en m'immergeant dans la communauté des logiciels open-source
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to createcréer newNouveau digitalnumérique toolsoutils for magicla magie --
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afin de créer de nouveaux outils numériques pour la magie --
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toolsoutils that could eventuallyfinalement be sharedpartagé with other artistsartistes
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des outils qui pourraient éventuellement être partagés avec d'autres artistes
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to startdébut them off furtherplus loin on in the processprocessus
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pour les amener plus loin dans le processus
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and to get them to the poetrypoésie fasterPlus vite.
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et pour les amener plus vite à la poésie.
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TodayAujourd'hui, I'd like to showmontrer you something whichlequel camevenu out of these collaborationscollaborations.
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Aujourd'hui, j'aimerais vous montrer ce qui est sorti de ces collaborations.
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It's an augmentedaugmenté realityréalité
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C'est une projection en continue
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projectionprojection trackingsuivi and mappingcartographie systemsystème,
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de réalité augmentée et de rendu numérique,
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or a digitalnumérique storytellingnarration tooloutil.
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ou un outil numérique de narration.
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Could we bringapporter down the lightslumières please? Thank you.
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Peut-on baisser les lumières s'il vous plaît ? Merci.
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So let's give this a try.
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Essayons.
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And I'm going to use it
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Je vais l'utiliser
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to give you my take
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pour vous donner mon avis
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on the stuffdes trucs of life.
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sur les choses de la vie.
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TerriblyTerriblement sorry. I forgotoublié the floorsol.
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Vraiment désolé. J'ai oublié le sol.
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WakeSillage up.
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Réveille-toi.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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Come on.
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Allez.
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Please.
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S'il te plaît.
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Come on.
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Allez.
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AhAh, sorry about that.
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Ah, désolé.
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ForgotJ’ai oublié this.
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Oubliez-ça.
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Give it anotherun autre try.
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Essaie encore.
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Okay.
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Bien.
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He figuredfiguré out the systemsystème.
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Il a compris.
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(LaughterRires)
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Uh oh.
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Uh oh.
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All right. Let's try this.
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Très bien. Essayons ceci.
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Come on.
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Allons-y.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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You heardentendu her, go aheaddevant.
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Tu l'as entendue, vas-y.
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Bye-byeBye-Bye.
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Bye-bye.
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Translated by Hugo Wagner
Reviewed by Anna Cristiana Minoli

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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

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