How does fushigi work?

Answer 1

In the movie Labyrinth David Bowie used a ball to move about his hands and arms in similar way. It took him months of practice and several retake shots edited in to get it to do those same illusionary tricks as seen on the fushigi magic gravity ball commercial. With practice at balancing, the use of any similar size ball will do the trick at performing the same tricks as seen on TV. There is nothing gyroscopic moving inside the fushigi ball. It has more to do with weight, density and momentum of massive objects, as it is easier to balance a metal rod on one's finger than it is to balance a styrofoam rod of equivalent size.

Actually, its just contact juggling, a form of juggling where the ball doesn't leave contact wit your body, but you manipulate it to appear as if the ball stays in one spot. though it looks easy on TV, it takes a lot of practice to to accomplish anything really cool.

To correct this answer.......David Bowie did not do the juggling scenes in this movie. All of the actually hand work was performed by Michael Moschen. He Performed these scenes from beneath a cloak while behind Bowie's back with his arms extended around him, which makes it even more amazing. He couldn't even see what he was doing.