magic lantern
Early image projector
A magic lantern is an early image projector that used candlelight or oil lamps to cast pictures painted on glass slides onto a wall or screen.
Popular from the 17th through early 20th centuries for entertainment and education, it was a forerunner of the slide projector and cinema.
The lecturer illustrated his talk with magic lantern slides.
Shifting sequence of illusions
- spectacleVisually striking event
- shadowplayPerformance using cast silhouettes
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
marvel · storytelling · narrative · show · performance · séance · gothic · ghost
Shifting sequence of illusions
- slideSmooth continuous movement
- transparencyState of being see-through
- illuminationProvision of light
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
optical · glass · hand-painted · projection · light · image · screen · aperture
phantasmagoria
Shifting sequence of illusions
- spectacleVisually striking event
- shadowplayPerformance using cast silhouettes
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
wonder · marvel · storytelling · narrative · show · performance · séance · gothic · ghost · horror
phantasmagoria
Shifting sequence of illusions
- slideSmooth continuous movement
- transparencyState of being see-through
- illuminationProvision of light
lens · optical · glass · hand-painted · projection · light · image · screen · aperture · oil lamp
- Film Technologycamera, projector, film reel, film stock, cinematograph
- illusionsmirage, optical illusion, hallucination, illusion, afterimage
- obsolete technologyVHS, 8-tracks, VHS tapes, cassette tape, cassette tapes
- antique instrumentsastrolabe, sextant, octant, quadrant, theodolite
- early cinemakinetoscope, cinematograph, bioscope, silent film, nickelodeon
- projectorsprojector, video projector, digital projector, LCD projector, LED projector
magic lanterndigital projector
Device projecting images electronically
LCD projector · laser projector · holographic display · movie projector · film projector
magic lanterncinematograph
Early film projection device
kinetoscope · movie camera · zoetrope · video display · film projector
magic lanterndigital display
Electronic visual output
LED screen · television · computer monitor · smartphone screen · tablet display
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