Playing Cards

The Cards Click on the sample and see if you can find the king of hearts in the right picture.

  From the introduction you now know the basic principles involved in the making of the 3D playing cards.  To get it just right, we spent hundreds of hours in developing the world's first 3D playing cards.  Our goal was to create the stereographic, or 3D effect without it being obvious.

  Put simply, the effect is created by repeating a certain pattern or tiling across each card.  The tiling covers up the hidden 3D image.  The 3D image (in our case the 3D image consists of the value of each card such as the king of hearts) is created in a 3D modeling program, then converted into colors or shades of gray, where each color or shade is assigned a certain depth value.  Finally the "shaded image" and the tiled pattern are combined by yet another program using certain algorithms to create the finished back cover of the cards.  The process is not quite as easy as it sounds.  Each of the 54 cards had to be created separately and the tiled pattern had to look identical on each card to closely resemble regular playing cards.

  The cards themselves are high quality bridge size cards on coated card stock available in either red or blue.  We also offer a deluxe version of our cards which includes two tricks!  Viewing instructions are included with every deck of cards for your convenience.

• The world's first decks of 3D Playing Cards were introduced at a Magicians Ball in Vienna Austria (Europe).
• Our cards quickly became the conversation piece of the night and provided entertainment for the 800 ball participants.
• National Television was there to witness the inauguration of the cards which lead to articles being written in every major newspaper and magazine of the country and even some of the neighboring countries such as Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
• The event lead to a number of sales that spanned a large group of people from kids to retired people, to several professional Japanese Magicians who bought greater quantities to introduce our cards to Japan.

3D Cards Introduction		3-D Viewing Hints
The Cards		Magic Tricks & Games
Order Form		Wholesale & Distribution
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