Lucid dreaming apps and specialty eye masks are aiding the effort:
Created by psychologist Richard Wiseman, the app [Dream:ON] has seen over half a million downloads in just six weeks. "The new wave of interest is led by technology," says Wiseman, whose app claims to allow users to choose their dream before bed, and plays sound cues once they have entered the right phase of sleep. "When I selected birdsong, for example, I found myself dreaming that I was in a green and sunny field," says [recent recruit Michael Cave].
The eye masks use light instead of sound:
The project was initiated with a nearly $600,000 Kickstarder fund. The Remee website states, "In essence, Remee is a specialized sleep mask. You put it on before you go to bed and with practice and determination, it should help increase the number of lucid dreams you have." So, it’s not as if one will put Remee on and be dropped into a state of lucid dreaming. Remee, in effect, triggers light patterns during REM sleep, the time when the most vivid and intense dreams occur.
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