A mind-machine built for Google Cardboard.
WARNING: This application may potentially trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy.
A mind machine (aka brain machine or light and sound machine) uses pulsing rhythmic sound, flashing light, electrical or magnetic fields, or a combination of these, to alter the frequency of the user's brainwaves. Mind machines can induce deep states of relaxation, concentration, and in some cases altered states of consciousness, which have been compared to those obtained from meditation and shamanic exploration. Photic mind machines work with flickering lights embedded in sunglasses.
This app was inspired by an article from Make Magazine.
The app is hosted here:
https://mind-machine.chris-allen-lane.com
- Visit the app on a mobile device.
- Tap the screen to enter "fullscreen" mode and begin a session.
- Insert the mobile device into a Google Cardboard (or equivalent) headset.
- Assume a comfortable, meditative posture.
A session will last approximately 23 minutes.
- For best results, use this application in a dark, quiet room. The fewer outside distractions you perceive, the better.
- Close your eyes. You'll be able to see the light pulses through closed eyelids. You may even want to turn your screen brightness down, because a bright screen will become uncomfortable once your eyes have become dark-adapted.
- Use headphones.
- Configure your device to screen-sleep no earlier than 30 minutes.
Rapidly flashing lights may be dangerous for people with photosensitive epilepsy or other nervous disorders. It is thought that one out of 10,000 adults will experience a seizure while viewing such a device; about twice as many children will have a similar ill effect.