I've never done any sort of drug. I was skeptical that this would do anything. Having just cancelled my cable (because, you know, fuck TV and its rot...)
-- I decided to test this out. My procedure was to turn off all of the lights in my apartment, put on my headphones, and set this short 'Lucid' to full screen.
Here are my results:
No hallucinations or anything, I do feel very calm. This may be because I was just sitting there not thinking for a while. No seizures either, thanks creator.
It is a very interesting effect as the flashes from the screen end up taking up your entire field of view, not just the screen. Also if you close your eyes a bit, you can see the flashes on your eyelids quite clearly, kind of in reverse.
If you kind of let go a little bit, and let your eyes loose focus, the effect gets a bit more intense. I had this really deep scared feeling at one moment towards the end, because the feeling was so novel to me (the screen was starting to consume my whole field of vision... it was really weird).
Altogether, however, nothing particularly unexpected in terms of results I don't think. I suspect you could stare at any flashing screen with random patterns and achieve a similar effect. (Perhaps that is the point?)
Also, I'm glad this didn't turn out like Snow Crash where the white noise causes the programmers to
-- I decided to test this out. My procedure was to turn off all of the lights in my apartment, put on my headphones, and set this short 'Lucid' to full screen.
Here are my results: No hallucinations or anything, I do feel very calm. This may be because I was just sitting there not thinking for a while. No seizures either, thanks creator.
It is a very interesting effect as the flashes from the screen end up taking up your entire field of view, not just the screen. Also if you close your eyes a bit, you can see the flashes on your eyelids quite clearly, kind of in reverse.
If you kind of let go a little bit, and let your eyes loose focus, the effect gets a bit more intense. I had this really deep scared feeling at one moment towards the end, because the feeling was so novel to me (the screen was starting to consume my whole field of vision... it was really weird).
Altogether, however, nothing particularly unexpected in terms of results I don't think. I suspect you could stare at any flashing screen with random patterns and achieve a similar effect. (Perhaps that is the point?)
Also, I'm glad this didn't turn out like Snow Crash where the white noise causes the programmers to