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[–] Cossty@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Imagine if you could study in your sleep... Or "watch" a book and be acually there... Hmm that wouldn't really work for innner dialogue of other characters...

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The technique I've used to trigger lucid dreaming is noticing when "static" text changes or is otherwise nonsense... so I have my doubts. And zero desire to learn more because I'm full up on dystopias right now.

[–] CalamityBalls@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Huh, I don't think I've ever seen writing in a dream.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One of the best indicators that you are in a dream is if you can't read something that you are trying to read. For whatever reason, reading is impossible while dreaming and most people don't even have writing in their dreams to read. I do have writing in my dreams, but only rarely and am not able to read it. I've definitely used it to trigger lucid dreaming. I also use stuff like, "wait, how am I breathing under water?"

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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's a common method people use to lucid dream. One thing I've read about is people making it a consistent habit to check their watch regularly while awake, so they eventually do it while asleep. Apparently clocks always look fucked up in dreams, so that's when they're able to figure out they're dreaming I guess?

But yeah, something about not being able to read text or a clock in a dream. Gets all weird.

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Are you really sleeping then? I thought the point of sleeping was to wash away the buildup of plaque (amyloid?) in your brain. IINM the inability to get rid of it is one of the reasons for Alzheimers and dementia.

I would really like to know what they measure and how it compares between users and non-users of this ultrasonic tech. Disrupting brain functionality to be quasi awake might not be the smartest thing to do.

[–] Cosmicomical@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Yes and then you wake up more tired than when you went to sleep (talking of my experience with lucid dreaming).

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


But there’s still an appetite for new technologies, since the potential for creativity and problem-solving is so great and since many on the market don’t work to the extent they promise, a dreaming expert told Fortune.

The potential of lucid dreaming is less about conquering specific problems and more about finding new, creative ways to approach topics that a sleeper couldn’t previously fathom.

For example, a mathematician might not reach a specific, numerical answer to a math problem while asleep, but the lucid dream allows them to explore new strategies to tackle the equation while awake.

To create the Halo, Prophetic is working with Card79 founder Afshin Mehin, who designed the Neuralink N1 device for Elon Musk’s brain implant company.

Wollberg founded Prophetic in March alongside chief technology officer Wesley Louis Berry III, who was previously creating augmented reality art.

In response to this claim, Wollberg cited a series of studies that link the level of prefrontal cortex activation with the ability to control a dream.


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[–] RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Getting closer and closer to making you part of the Matrix. Your productivity is not allowed to stop.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hey guys do you wanna fly on the plane I dreamt into reality?

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I thought sleep was supposed to be my time.

[–] Yewb@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

No thank you.

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