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I often work with the computer. I am a programmer and would like to start an initiative to create DreamViews supported program to aid in our lucid dreaming experienced.
What would you expect from computer program which could aid you in your exercises
To start you, Here are my suggestions
- Dream journal
- Dream world map
- Dream signs search
- Time scheduler
- ...
It should be something like your personal lucid dreaming program.
Sorry. Wrong forum. Could you please move it into general lucid discussion forum. THX>
That would be complex to program but innovative and really cool!
I think a dream journal would be really good, and something that highlights your dreamsigns in your dreamjournal entries or whatever.
Perhaps a graphic organizer of recurring DC's with their looks and personalities and all that jazz.
Some software on it could randomly popup the text "You're dreaming" or something like that, and quickly remove it. So it's only there for a frame or two. Your conscious mind wouldn't see it, but you're unconscious mind would. Like that software called Brain Bullet or something.
That would be soo awesome especially the Dream World Map. I think there could be like a Reality Check timer and a planner for what you will do in the next lucid dream.
I guess the dream sign indicator would work like this:
It would list the words seen most frequently in descending order, omitting the obvious unimportant articles, prepositions, conjunctions and such. It'd also have an option to allow the user to omit words as they see fit (because one person cannot omit all useless words!). You'd come up with a list of nouns, feelings, places, and people, that you could base your reality checks off of.
Also, it'd be neat if there was an Easter Egg that occasionally warps some part of the desktop, perhaps via screensaver. Warping the clock during this would be neat, too.
I could try and make something like have a thing that when you're on your computer it pops up and tell you to do a RC and also have an integrated Dream journal in it.
It would be useful to have something running in the background, giving both visual and audio subliminals, as well as random RC prompts (perhaps a voice asking "are you dreaming?)
I was actually working away on my PC in last night's dream and when I woke-up I thought 'damn, why didn't I check?' But the truth is, I rarely perform reality checks whilst using the computer.
Ok that "are you dreaming?" thing would freak me out soo much. I think i'll stick to text. Haha.
I use a program called "reality check" done by "byte red" it's free. a program that pops up "are you dreaming".
What i would want would be a place where i coudl write down all my dreams. (Dream Journal). I would also want to be able to add pictures that i have drawn with paint, right into the text. Once i'm done writing the dream id add some keywords for later reference.
After recording dreams i would want to be able to search all dreams by typing in a few keywords. The search could reference with the dreams keywords and text, poping up with results. (Easy way to get your dream signs)
The program should have tutorials from the site (with permission of the authors)
Thats what i can think of.. i'm very interested in this topic, if you need help..or anything pm me.. i can't wait to see this program
This sounds like a nice tool to have available through Dreamviews. Since I use my computer a lot more than I use good ol' pen and paper means, something like this has more value for me. Some good ideas as well, such as searching through dream journal entries by keywords and so forth and so on.
I do wonder how the Dream World Map will work. That is the one thing I am really curious about.
Each dream is divided into dream fragments. Each dream fragment can have a place associated with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluefinger
Dream fragment description = place description + DC description+ dream content
And now. As you have place description separated from content itself. You can work with places separately. You will build list of your places overtime and add them to the 2D space {maybe I will make automatic placement overtime}.
If you have more questions, please ask. I know my description is not full, yet, I hope it helped a little.
One more thing. As the things became separated, it opens new ideas for exploaration. We might add support to see dreams as routes in dream world and maybe add some additional logic above it, to find some more interesting aspects of our dream worlds. {recurring dream world routes. our dream world visit density}.Quote:
Originally Posted by adraw
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Originally Posted by adraw
Now that is definitely intriguing. It will take some clever programming, but when it does get implemented, I think something like that will definitely be useful in the long-run. Not so much when you first start using it, but after a good period of entering dream details, etc, then it will show its benefits.Quote:
Originally Posted by adraw
Oh, and perhaps have something to analyse dreams by date? In case one gets recurring dreams or themes along certain times of the year, etc. Might be useful as well.
To see how waking life and dream like are possibly connected, there could be a waking life journal as well as a dream one, and key words or something could be used for analyzing.
Great, could you make sure to contact me with a download link once the project is complete, becuase i'm very interested
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but something that was a timer that popped up and said "Reality Check" every 15 minutes or something. That'd be super cool.
Do you have any idea how long this would take? I'd love to have it on my PC.
I could have that done in a day, if my friend comes on and helps me lol.
Im not sure if this would work but live chat with other lucid dreamers would be sweet.
That should be more randomized I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by AmazeO XD
i like the idea of dream signs search sounds great!
You should have a Dream Goals checklist (like a to-do list). also i know its been said but make sure to add something so you can draw for the journal (like a too hard to explain thing). Also it has to be very neat and organized for it to work. With the dream map would that be so you could make your own map for recurring dreams? sounds like a good idea im just kind of confused with it. Altogether it sounds like a great idea and if you manage to do that you will be a dreamviews god!
What about a global check list? theres a daily challenge.. weekly challenge...monthly... yearly.. idk w/e
but you get your challenege of the day.. weeek.. w/e
and if you complete it you get your name on the list of who completed it when.. and you have to write about it.. and anony that didnt complete cna read about how they can complete it..
if this program comes out ill be whicked happy.
Neat idea adraw.
Certainly would make me LD more frequently
As has been said before, a waking life journal would make a good companion to the dream journal function. Also, in addition to the idea of anylizing the dreams by date, you could add a moon cycle tracker to check them by too. And in the dream journal, a place to keep a list of people who were in the dream, and what time of day it was in the dream, and what type of dream it was (fragment, normal, etc).
Damn, that'd be tough to code, but interesting nonetheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by rose_red
It is starting to sound more and more like just a database.
Lol you guys are making it harder and harder to code xD
Hmmn. Yes.
I think people need to consider what could be in a program that you can't do on normal databasing/organiser/memo alert software.
What are you coding it in? Java, C++, C or Visual C#...
w/ Visual C# i am pretty good so if make it open source i can help w/ the basic layout of it...I will just test it out and post a link to it...you will need Visual C# to see it though...its free :)
I code in Visual C#. That makes development much easier than it used to be. Would be clad, if we could contact, and talk more about the project. To code it alone would not be as easy as it seems.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneAxiom
People. Thanx to your advices and attention. This seems to be an interesting discussion. I like to hear as many interesting ideas, where most of them could be implemented. Still I await more of your ideas. As I mentioned earlier. More ideas, better optimistic specification, and after closing this topic, we may continue with further specification of this programm.
I will make a short summary of what has been written since now, but now It is 3:40am here and i am in desperate need of sleep, so i will make that later on.
THX again.
Made a small little program...various buttons and stuff to check, its fun hitting buttons and checkmarks gets addictive making it easier to RC
http://rapidshare.com/files/87953753...hecker.cs.html
Take a look at it...if you dont like it I dont mind, took me 10 mins to create it, feel free to modify it ;)