Dreamachine
![David Woodard and William S. Burroughs standing behind a Dreamachine[1]](/Images/godic/202501/10/Dreamachine1906.jpg")

The Dreamachine (or Dream Machine) is a stroboscopic flicker device that produces visual stimuli. Artist Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs's "systems adviser" Ian Sommerville created the Dreamachine after reading William Grey Walter's book, The Living Brain.