real dreams
DESCRIPTION
Real dreams is an app that will help anyone who is interested in lucid dreaming to attain those goals. This goes into the role of speculative design with a skew on how technology can actively interface with a person's subconscious and then give back control to the user.TRANSCRIPT
Feedback Loops: Lucid DreamingMajor Studio: Interface
Lucid DreamingA lucid dream is a dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming.
Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D.Stanford UniversityThe Lucidity Institute
BrainwavesAwake - Beta wavesNREM - Alpha wavesREM - Theta waves(Lucid dreams occur here)Delta - Delta waves
Why lucid dream?
So how do we get there?
Dream Recall
Reality Testing
Inducing Lucidity
Past Interfaces
Sleep Cycle - app to monitor sleep
Nova Dreamer - sleep mask to induce lucidity
Lucid Dreaming - The Unexplainable Store - app to induce lucidity
The Results
Prototype: Real DreamsMobile Application
Step 1: Creating a Profile
Step 2: One Week EvaluationEstablishing a dream library
Week 1
Bedtime Morning Daytime
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sleep patterns
AlarmDream Recall Reality Testing
The Black Box
The Black BoxKeeping track of your waking and dreaming life
Understanding Your Dreams
The program will learn to looks for common nouns in your dream recalls.
Word cloud made from current dream recalls, courtesy of wordle.net.
Understanding Your Dreams
Then repeat this process with the tags from reality checks.
Understanding Your Dreams
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Dream Awake
Keeps you informed!"
Step 3: Inducing LuciditySetting off triggers and getting feedback
Building a LibraryDream Recalls, Reality Testing and Dream Report
Dream Recall:Immediately upon waking to the preset alarm the user records the dream as concisely as possible. This will take several times to improve as dream recall develops.
Reality Testing:Take a picture and tag it. Categories and tags will then be compared to your Dream Recalls and find patterns.
Dream Report:Getting feedback on your dreams and lucidity before and after you sleep.
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The LoopBedtime Morning Daytime
sleep patterns
lucid trigger AlarmDream Recall
Lucidity Report
Reality Testing
The accelerometer on the iPhone will determine when you are in REM sleep and activate a sound trigger.
The Dream Reportwill remind you of dreamelements to pay expect
In the morning Dream Recallyou will report wether or notyou achieved lucidity
Reality Testing during waking hours willcontinue to build the database of things youcome into contact with.
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Black Box with new data
Black Box
Dream Report
Step 4: Keeping LuciditySetting goals
Sweet dreams