The glasses that make you feel like you're on DRUGS: Bizarre Mood specs simulate psychedelic hallucinations of LSD

• Hungarian artist created 'Mood' glasses that have interchangeable lenses 
• Three coloured patterned lenses can be layers to create optical illusions
• Wearer twists them to 'hallucinate' as if they have taken psychedelic drugs
• Glasses are a prototype and are not currently on sale 

Ever wanted to sample the mild-altering effects of hallucinogenic drugs but don't want to break the law? Then these out-there glasses may just be for you.

A Hungarian artist has created ‘Mood’ spectacles that simulate hallucinations using patterned lenses, which can be rotated to create optical illusions.

The 3D printed frames look like a cross between John Lennon’s round spectacles and a pair of Elton John’s more extravagant sunglasses.

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Mind-altering: A Hungarian artist has created ‘Mood’ spectacles that simulate hallucinations using patterned lenses (pictured), which can be rotated to create optical illusions

Designed by Bence Agoston, the frames are made to hold a combination of six lenses that can be layered to create more intense visual effects - the type a person might experience if they took LSD, for example, Fast Company reported.

Each lens is based on optical effects such as the Moiré pattern - which relies on two transparent patterns being overlaid while displaced or rotated a small amount - and filters green, red or blue light.

Three lenses can be layered up at once and rotated so that patterns dance before the wearer’s eyes.

Unfortunately there is no footage showing exactly how a user experiences the glasses. 

Window to another world: Designed by Bence Agoston, the frames are made to hold a combination of six lenses that can be layered (pictured left) to create more intense visual effects for a wearer (right)

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Each lens (six patterns shown) is based on optical effects such as the Moiré pattern and filters green, red or blue light. Three lenses can be layered up at once and rotated so that patterns dance before the wearer’s eyes

‘Rotated relative to each other, the vision is changing for the wearer,’ the artist writes on the Behance design website.

‘However, the individual patterns may be varied with others, so the number of variations – depending on the number of lenses – can be vast.’

‘Because each colour filters the incoming lights differently, and the patterns can overlap each other or leave blank fields, the new view is completely random and twisted.’

He designed the specs with the goal of making the experience of music listening to psychedelic music complete.

‘The ideal situation for use is during travel, when people listen to music, just looking out the window and watching the ever-changing sights, in perfect harmony with the music. 

Strobe illusion mimics what it's like to hallucinate

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The artist designed the specs with the goal of making the experience of music listening to psychedelic music complete. A stock image of a psychedelic pattern associated with hallucinogenic drug use is shown left and a woman dancing at the 1966 'Acid Test Graduation,' right

THE OPTICAL ILLUSION THAT MAKES YOUR SCREEN MELT 

An optical illusion unveiled last year allows viewers to experience a mind-bending trip without taking drugs.

Simply focusing on the letters in the video below and looking away after a minute or so can transform the environment around you, making objects bend and three-dimensional patterns warp your perception of reality.

The psychedelic trick, known as 'motion aftereffects', makes viewers see movement in objects that are in fact stationary.

TO TAKE THE TEST SCROLL DOWN TO THE VIDEO AND OPEN IT IN FULL SCREEN...

WARNING: Do not watch if you suffer from photosensitive epilepsy or are sensitive to flashing lights

Optical illusion makes you temporarily hallucinate

For the illusion to take full effect, it must be opened up in a full-screen window, as it fills your entire field of vision.

Focus your eyes on the centre of the illusion for around just under two minutes before gently looking away into the distance when you are instructed.

You need to read every letter displayed in the centre of the whirling graphics and read them out loud, Gizmodo reported.

The Illusion Lab, which created the magical effect, said that it conjures hallucinogenic effects that only last a 'few seconds'.

If you follow the directions correctly, you see the world melting before your eyes and objects and people being distorted in real-time.

Some people also see the pattern repeating in front of their eyes temporarily.

These illusions are not recommended for people who suffer from photosensitive epilepsy or are sensitive to flashing lights.

The effect is sometimes known as the ‘waterfall illusion’ after Robert Adams described the effect following a visit to the Fall of Foyers near Loch Ness in Scotland in 1834 when water seemed to drift upwards

The psychedelic trick, known as 'motion aftereffects', makes viewers see movement in objects that are in fact not moving at all.

The effect is sometimes known as the ‘waterfall illusion’ after Robert Adams described the effect following a visit to the Fall of Foyers near Loch Ness in Scotland in 1834.

Adams notes how if he looked at a waterfall for a short time, then looked at the bank beside it, the bank appeared to drift upwards.

The effect has confounded people for centuries, but experiments that monitor brain activity have now been able to explain how it works.

When watching a waterfall, or the strobe illusion, the brain cells that detect motion in one direction become tired.

When the eyes look away, the cells that detect motion in the other direction are more active and a stationary object appears to be moving.

This effect is quite intense for a few seconds, and can last for up to 20 seconds.