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I plan on uploading one maybe before Christmas, just got to make sure I got the money before my next paycheck for the developer fee.

And yes, you play the stroboscope over closed eyelids. Once you open your eyes all effects end, except you might feel a little relaxed as if you just finished meditating.

Sure. Also I'll inbox you when it is up.

I'm a novice programmer (I made the app with zero experience by googling and asking reddit) but I should have it up soon.

I have a warning on the description in the appstore and in the app before you start the stroboscope. A popup might be a good idea though, thanks!

I've always been a fan of William S. Burroughs and the beatniks.

One of the methods Burroughs used to generate ideas for his writings was to use a Dreamachine. This is a stroboscope made from a perforated tube on a rotating turntable with a light in the middle. (Plans are available online if you wish to build one using bristle board, a record player, and a lamp).

I built one in highschool for a science fair project. Taking psychology I was reminded of this by reading about the effect used in the lab to simulate hallucinatory conditions.

I thought I'd make an app that would cost less than the bristle board to make a homemade Dreamachine yourself, and you could carry around with you.

Manufactured Dreamachines can cost thousands, so hopefully with this more people out there will be able to use this method to explore their unconscious visual landscape.

Another factor was my growing interest in isolation tanks.

I was interested in the way they could produce hallucinations like the effect I was reading about.

However I saw that a tank costs thousands, are nearly impossible to build yourself, and costs hundreds to rent at a spa.

So I built the app so I could access the experience my self and so I wouldn't have to build a dreamachine. Those have their own issues (mainly they are big, not portable, and can't lay down on a couch using it).