jarrhead, speaking of "clearer than 1080p", last night I had a semi-lucid where I was looking at an incredibly sharp flower. Crystal clear.
I turned my attention towards the daisies. I picked one up; it didn't put up a fight and resist being pulled up from the soil at all, as if it was just floating in air. As I brought it towards my face and looked at it closely, I realized that the white petals now had a huge amount of tiny, pint-sized holes in them; these holes were more abundant towards the outer regions of the petal, and a few of these petals looked like they were eaten a bit around the edges. I saw the slight bending of the petals as they connected to the center, which now looked like the middle of a sunflower with all the seeds, except this was a solid yellow. The amount of detail was stunning; I'd never seen details as crystal clear and sharp before, regardless of the fact that I was only semi-lucid. The flower was so sharp, in fact, one could easily have thought there was aliasing around the edges. My gaze was fixed on this flower for a good minute or so, just observing all the details.
OP, I totally second the notion that dreams can be amazingly clear, even more so lucids. But there's also all the fun stuff you can do.
Fall from buildings.
Fly.
Fight.
Flip a car.
Heck, even drive a car faster than 300 km/h if you want. That's always fun!
It's hard to judge how amazing lucids can be at first, but judging from the fact that you've already had a lucid, all you need to work on is awareness and recall (I'm guessing the low vividness of the dream just stemmed from less-than-adequate recall). Lucids are best remembered when you can remember your regular dreams too, as both lucids and non-lucids are formed by the same type of dream memory. Every once in a while, along with keeping a dream journal, take the time to observe everything around you - what things feel like, smell like, and such.
The more you work on awareness and recall, the better your lucid experiences will be as a whole. That, along with dedication and having the right mindset - confidence is half the battle, so don't have doubts.
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