Open eye ganzframes

[craighome]

I noticed recently the Mindspa has some open eye glasses and for an experiment today I placed my procyon ganzframes lower down on my nose with a small diffuser which allowed me to see ahead but left the led's providing visible eye coverage and remained comfortable (also used headphones)

I believe the program I used in this case (Learning) is more powerful with eyes closed and the led placement with the usual correct placement over the eyes but it certainly brought a new dimension using it today with eyes open and I felt it was effective.

Before anyone else experiments in this way, I wonder if anyone else has tried this before with any success - and would appreciate if admins on the forum can suggest any problems or reasons why people shouldn't try this out for learning and concentration sessions?

Many thanks

Craig

[CraigT]

Hi Craig,

Good to see you having fun with your toys!

There have been a few discussions about open-eye/ganzfeld/Procyon adaptation - here's a link to a post on my blog on the subject.

Have a look at the design of the open-eye glasses on the Transparent site, and the Laxman goggle at Neurotronics (the Laxman goggles work well with the Rev1 and Rev2 Procyon (but not Rev3), and the Transparent 12-LEDs work with well with the Sirius or Proteus, but require the adapter cable for the Procyon).

My opinion on open- vs closed-eye is that closed-eye is consistently more compelling (entrainment more likely) but that open-eye with suitably designed sessions is an awesome experience, worthy in its own right, and can also be effective for entrainment. Open-eye true entrainment below 10Hz is wildly improbable, but the visuals can be conducive to relaxation and/or sleep - which results in the alpha/theta/delta brain rhythms you're after anyway.

Re your colour organ post - this is something being given a lot of thought - feel free to be very specific about what you think such a feature should be capable of.

Cheers,
Craig