Some magic has been added to cyberspace and it's called...
			Interactive Magic and Illusion on the Web
			Recommended Interactive Magic and Illusion On the Web These online magical effects and illusions are presented by fellow magicians and magic & illusion enthusiasts from around the world.

Andy Naughton's Flash Mind Reader
Based on mathematical principals, this is one of the best presentations of a mathemagical mind reading trick... Warning, the site keeps on changing location so if the link does not work, just search at yahoo for Andy Naughton's Flash Mind Reader

Jason Berrang's Trendy Magic
Several very effective Web based magical effects. The card trick floored me the first time!

Robert Orenstein's Card Trick
One of the most amazing card tricks on the internet, if you know how to perform it.   A real puzzle with a real solution. The secret to perform it is not given away by Mr. Orenstein.  He invites you to e-mail him and beg him to tell you.  The secret is not easy to figure out, but it is quite amazing and elegant once you do.  Note, this site may not be online anymore.

Andy's Amazing Card Trick
This is the same basic effect as the card trick on Jason's Trendy Magic (#1) but it is presented in a slightly different way, adding to the effect.

The Great Mysto
John Olsen has done a very nice job of creating some self working magic on the web.

Cave of Magic
This is the same effect as those on sites #1and #3, but presented in a different style.  This is the one that Rosie O'Donnel played with for 3 hours before she figured it out.  Worth going to just for the beautiful photos by Bob Ray!

Hall's of Magic
John Hall, Magician, performs a card trick for you on the web. Nicely done.

Magic Macaw
KAT Moser's online magic where a Macaw performs interactive magic tricks just for you! 

Madeleine The Magician's Dazzical by Madeleine The Magician "The Pied Piper of Magic"

OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col_lilacChaser/index.html

 

http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics
Illusions and Paradoxes Seeing is Believing?
This page illustrates that our visual perception cannot always be trusted. The components of an object can distort the perception of the complete object. Our mind is the final arbiter of truth. Most optical illusions are the result of 1) incongruent design elements at opposite ends of parallel lines, 2) influence of background patterns on the overall design, 3) adjustment of our perception at the boundaries of areas of high contrast, 4) afterimages resulting from eye movements or from kinetic displays, or 5) inability to interpret the spatial structure of an object from the context provided by the picture.

Secret Life of the Brain
Check out the Mind Illusions link there.
"Do we know what the world looks like?
The eye is made up of some of the most amazing tissue in the body. The lens, for example, is perfectly clear, perfectly curved and is capable of focusing on an incredible amount of data. But vision has only partly to do with the retina, lens, and cornea. Understanding what we see mostly happens in the brain, which is why a person with perfect vision is still susceptible to optical illusions. Do we know what the world looks like? We know approximately what it looks like, which is enough to get by, but our perception of the world is not without a certain amount of 'misreading.' Our visual nervous system approximates color, shape, and dimension."

SandlotScience
Great Java based applications that run in your browser. Explore dozens of live demonstrations, artwork, animation, stories, projects, games and puzzles. Easy-to-navigate, easy-to-use. Each section explores a different variety of optical illusion. Each exhibit may offer several types of media No extra software is required

Grand Illusions
With optical illusions, scientific toys, visual effects, and even a little magic.

Musical Illusions
Diana Deutsch is widely known for the musical illusions and paradoxes that she has created. A Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California at San Diego, Deutsch has written over 100 articles and book chapters on sound and music perception.

Vision3d.com
This comprehensive 3-D site contains a 3-D art gallery with 3D optical illusions or visual illusions, Magic Eye stereograms, single image random dot stereograms (S.I.R.D.s), stereographic photographs and three-dimensional drawings. There's a step-by-step tutorial for learning how to see 3D as well as a visual guide that explains how the human brain decodes 3-D and how normal healthy stereoscopic vision works. Also included is information for parents, teenagers or anyone on visual health and visual disabilities, vision care or eye care and a directory of eye doctors (optometrists and ophthalmologists). There's even more! SEE FOR YOURSELF!

 

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