Magic for the blind – competition encourages magicians to create tricks that only use sound

Magicians all over the world are being challenged to showcase their best possible trick that uses only the medium of sound.

A significant number of magic tricks rely on sleight of hand or misdirection that deceives the eye, which prevents people who are blind or visually impaired from experiencing the illusions.

In fact, there are very few magic tricks that rely on other senses, and virtually none geared around auditory perception alone.

To address that, a new competition is challenging innovators and illusionists to craft mesmerizing tricks which evoke wonder and amazement purely through sound.

[STAFFMEMBER] Dr Gustav Kuhn - P "> Dr Gustav Kuhn, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, is coordinating the competition as part of a research project that aims to make magic more inclusive by allowing individuals with visual impairments to experience the art from.

He also believes that studying auditory magic tricks may also reveal intriguing insights into the nature of human perception and highlight important differences between vision and hearing.