Some of you may have seen this before. I know smaller versions have been around; I've never personally seen one this big.
EDIT: (left out the html) www.neave.com/strobe
Anyway... personally, I find this amazing and highly entertaining. I don't know all of the biophysics behind it (I have an idea), but it reproduces the effects of psychedelics on your visual field for a few seconds. Follow the directions (don't do this if you have photographic epilepsy or whatever its called....). Look at the exact center of the strobe for 30 seconds (it says 20, but give it some more time). Then look at anything in the room. Be sure to have the light on to get the full effect.
Now, if you want to see something really cool: If you have tabbed browsing, open the Neave Strobe in one, and keep this thread open in the other. If you have windows open two windows. And on either, before you start looking at the strobe, position the mouse over the tab or window that would open up this thread. Pick one of the pictures below.
Now, stare at the strobe for about 30 seconds, don't take your eye off the middle, and since your cursor is already on the tab to bring this thread up, click it while you're looking, and look at one of the pictures below.
This sounds complicated, but its not.
BTW, for optimal effect, stare intently at the center of the strobe, but when you look at the pictures, kind of "unfocus" your eyes in the same way you would "unfocus" them while looking at one of those 3-D images (where you find the hidden image).
It helps.
Enjoy.
EDIT: (left out the html) www.neave.com/strobe
Anyway... personally, I find this amazing and highly entertaining. I don't know all of the biophysics behind it (I have an idea), but it reproduces the effects of psychedelics on your visual field for a few seconds. Follow the directions (don't do this if you have photographic epilepsy or whatever its called....). Look at the exact center of the strobe for 30 seconds (it says 20, but give it some more time). Then look at anything in the room. Be sure to have the light on to get the full effect.
Now, if you want to see something really cool: If you have tabbed browsing, open the Neave Strobe in one, and keep this thread open in the other. If you have windows open two windows. And on either, before you start looking at the strobe, position the mouse over the tab or window that would open up this thread. Pick one of the pictures below.
Now, stare at the strobe for about 30 seconds, don't take your eye off the middle, and since your cursor is already on the tab to bring this thread up, click it while you're looking, and look at one of the pictures below.
This sounds complicated, but its not.
BTW, for optimal effect, stare intently at the center of the strobe, but when you look at the pictures, kind of "unfocus" your eyes in the same way you would "unfocus" them while looking at one of those 3-D images (where you find the hidden image).
It helps.
Enjoy.
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