Digital Deception

High Tech Magic

100% INTERACTIVE BLEND OF MAGIC AND TECHNOLOGY

Hire Digital Deception for in-person or virtual events to astound and mystify your audience!

Their high-tech wizardry involves text messaging, phone calls, emails, and video, our tech-based duo has built an arsenal of interactive magic that can be presented via any online platform. Featured on CNN Tech, Doug McKenzie and Ryan Oakes’ world-renowned blend of tech and magic allows participants to not only watch magic, but experience it firsthand – right on their screens, on their phones, and in their own hands. A unique, shared experience that is suitable for any size group, it’s no wonder why savvy companies such as Google, Twilio, and WeWork have already hired Digital Deception to entertain their remote teams.

Presentation Possibilities

Virtual Cocktail Hour

Add something memorable to your next virtual social gathering. Perfect as cap-off to a full-day virtual event, or a special event for clients or colleagues to build relationships.

Meeting Opener

Let Doug and Ryan kick off your video conference call with a visual magic effect that incorporates your meeting theme/topic.

Hosting

Let the Digital Deception duo act as your online host, providing comic relief throughout the day.

Interstitials

Doug and Ryan can pop in between speaker sessions, adding moments of fun and interactive magic. Attendees get to be a part of it all.

Virtual Magic Shows

TEAM MEETING/COCKTAIL HOUR PERFORMANCE

100 attendees or fewer
One performance (up to 45 minutes)

CONFERENCE/WEBINAR PERFORMANCE

500 attendees or fewer
One performance (up to 45 minutes)
Some customized show content

CONFERENCE/WEBINAR HOSTING

Unlimited attendees
Multiple appearances throughout your event
Custom company/product integration in performance

Numerous Magical Moments to Choose From

The Lottery

The polling function of most webinar platforms is used to generate a selection of numbers from the group. These random numbers are then used in an elaborate multi-phased routine wherein the numbers are magically revealed not only on screen, but in the participant’s own email inbox.

Birthday Problem

Conference attendees submit their birthdays into the webinar chat, and the duo explains the mathematical “Birthday Problem”. Amazingly, a previously-shown prediction is opened and it correctly predicts which two people would share a birthday.

Hacked

Doug and Ryan demonstrate that finding a selected card is like hacking a computer in this fun interactive effect. Every participant follows along with a small packet of playing cards, and in the end, Doug and Ryan find everyone’s individual card!

Game Time

Attendees are asked to open their phone and play an online game with Doug & Ryan. As participants play along on their phones, the magic ends up happening right in their hands. It’s a magical moment that brings the group together in a very-unexpected way.

Can You Hear Me Now?

Conference participants are asked to reach out and touch Doug’s finger on-screen. As they do, each and every person watching the webinar receives a phone call on their personal cell phones. Incredible moment.

Touch Your Screen (Not Your Face)

In this customizable, interactive routine, participants are asked to follow along with an on-screen exercise, touching their own screens. In the end, the magic works for everyone on their own computer screen.

Your Number

Call participants are sent a personalized text message “prediction” and asked to open the calculator on their phones. After a little math (everyone does it differently), the text prediction is opened to reveal that Doug and Ryan correctly predicted each and every person’s random total!

Remote Work(out)

Conference participants are encouraged to stretch their hands and arms out as a mental release. They end up performing some magic with their own hands!

“Great concept. Our clients had never seen anything like it!"

– National Director Large Client Solutions, Twitter

“I had so much fun. They’ve found a whole new level of magic. These guys live in the future.”

– COO, GIPHY

“I’ve worked in magic. I’ve worked in digital. They took the best of both and blew my mind.”

– Creative Director, VaynerMedia

“It was absolutely fantastic. We got a million thank you notes this morning for sponsoring such a fun event.”

— Meeting Planner, Aetna

“I had so much fun. They’ve found a whole new level of magic. These guys live in the future.”

- COO, Giphy