Thread: EXPERIMENT: Using an IRL video game controller to control a dream

It sounds like it will become more efective over time. However you might end up dependant on the remote if you get too good with it. BTW, where can I get a dummy wiimote so I can try this?

This sounds very interesting. Keep up with it. If it is successfull, I might try it when I actually can have a lucid dream. :p

~Joey

Folks, it sounds like whatever you can get your subconsious to accept, will work. How about programming language then? Or spellsinging? ...This is where an active imagination and sci-fi become handy I imagine.

This sounds like a really good Idea! I may just try it with a regular remote. You know, tv. Since it has more buttons it would be useful for more things, too. I just have to be able to get an LD first...

hmmm, I wish you all the luck there is, and you gave me an idea, "Lucidity potion" eh? I may try that and put it somewhere where it won't be moved... hehe good luck...

Hmm sounds a bit like my idea for a "dream glove"

Originally Posted by midnight_haze

--an idea I've been throwing around in my head. It basically consists of a black glove with retractable silver claws on each finger (used for ripping through the dream to make portals if need be) that sorta radiate from a pearly circle (power source?) with a silver border that is present on both sides of my hand. My wrist has a fairly large, bulky octagonal ring around it. There is an anchor charm on a tiny silver chain and a button on the wrist part, and if I press the button, the anchor shoots out and sticks to the air thus "anchoring" myself to the dream.--

But of course, I have the same problem with summoning it. I may need to make a physical model to keep it in my memory... But I'm definately trying that lucidity potion.

.:edit:.
I just made it! I found an old plastic toy test tube, filled it with water, and labeled it "Lucidity Potion," but what I don't get is why it's fizzing if I just put tap water in...

That's a great idea. The only suggestion I can give is that you find a new control scheme. What I would use:


A and D-pad: Used to scroll between a menu that pops up (holographic, or however you wish to interpret it) when you press A or the D-pad. Options would be whatever you needed at the time, so if for example you wanted to fly, there would be an option saying, "fly", or "grow wings". There would also be options to transform the Wiimote and a cancel option.

B trigger: Instantly fires a laser at whatever you're pointing at. The laser disappears when you let go. As long as the laser is active, you can move objects of any size just by waving the Wiimote around, like in Elebits. If you're trying to grab a fast-moving object, the laser can home in if you want it to.

- button: Instantly deletes whatever you're pointing at.

+ button: Summons any object you want. Can also undo deletion.

Home: Teleports you to a familiar location. Ex, a beach, or a grassy field.

1: Turns slow-mo on and off.

2: Not sure.


Either way this is a great idea, and I'll definitely try it when I get a chance.