Wow. Everyone should really download this. The read me is phenomenal. I've never seen anything quite so odd and crappy. I'm very curious as to what this thing actually looks like when you put it together.

so... has anyone built it? what is it?

Hi-
I'm buliding it right now. I'll post some pics when I'm done.

I'm all done. I didn't attach a water balloon - oh well.
http://www.comclub.org/shebute/shebute.html

Wow. That looks even crappier than I expected.

Have you tried the perception exercises with it yet? Is it exciting!?!?

Wow! It's like an awesome video game just looking at pictures of it half-completed! I feel guilty for not paying a shareware fee for this.

whoa! what a great video game! though I still have no idea what the heck it is supposed to be...

Best of all its "Beta". ROtFLMAO

A friend pointed me to your site, I found your comments most intriguing. As the creator of said device, I can answer any questions you may have about its purpose or design.

There are many ways to think about design, if you or one who thinks everything fixed in one of predesigned box that has been marketed to you, I can confess your kind of comments were anticipated.

If you went through all the documentation you would understand that the device was initially designed in the mid-80s to explore the virtual-reality possibilities for gaming. Head mounted displays, etc. were rare and very expensive so I was exploring other options to deliver 3-D imagery to the brain. As gaming is a big part of learning, my focus was on educational game applications, specifically to learn faster through brain stimulation.

Many different versions of the device were created in many different mediums, plastic, wood, etc.. Electronic circuitry both single chip computer and dedicated components were tried for brain stimulation sources. The version presented in the PDF was the most basic form that could illustrate the fact of watching your brain do its thing and help you be aware of how your brain perceives things in 3 D. It is still my hope that this device can help people understand the potential of virtual-reality by better understanding how our brains perceives.

Any questions?

One more final comment, the PDF describes how to make a piece of hardware, I guess technically you could call a PDF "Software" but it's intent was to encourage others to make "Hardware"

Well I thought that was my last comment, but I just found out that the link referenced in the opening statement to download any information about the device is wrong. To download Shebuté, the correct address is:

http://homepage.mac.com/rlogsdon/

From there you can't find many PDF documents.