Thread: Lucid Games?

Whether or not shared dreaming is possible, (Which is NOT the topic of this thread by the way) the Lucid Games certainly sound cool.

I give science about 50-60 years and something like this will be possible on a low level at least, and as common as video games are today at the most.

Carry on, I've just been waiting to use this emote

Originally Posted by Lucidness

Why want to share a dream? When you have your imagination.

Thats like saying why would you want to play a multiplayer game when you have bots?

Anyway that is an interesting idea with the games or.. uh. Ok I didn't actually read the first post but whatever.

Originally Posted by Fabio-the-dreamer

Whether or not shared dreaming is possible, (Which is NOT the topic of this thread by the way) the Lucid Games certainly sound cool.

I give science about 50-60 years and something like this will be possible on a low level at least, and as common as video games are today at the most.

Have you seen the way technology has been advancing? It doubles every 18 months. That means, in 51 years, technology will be 17179869184 times what it is today. Scary, eh? I give it 10 years before low level virtual reality (similar to dreamstate)

Originally Posted by Conkt

Have you seen the way technology has been advancing? It doubles every 18 months. That means, in 51 years, technology will be 17179869184 times what it is today. Scary, eh? I give it 10 years before low level virtual reality (similar to dreamstate)

Dreamstate=LOW level VR?

Have you ever been in a dream?

I don't know about you, but my dreams are very realistic. True to life visuals, complicated stories and occasionally deep characters. Each part of the world reacting to each other. When we get VR that's true to life... We're doomed.

I'm sorry, but could you please refer back to at least three posts before posting, and rather than view text at face value try to understand what the poster meant. When the first multiplayer VR systems are built with a 2 way connection between the brain and the computer, it will be very low quality. It won't be a dream, it will be a synthetic dream-like state.

I'm sorry, that post was a little harsh.

I should have said"

Dream state is controlled by your unconscious mind. Errant thoughts will manifest without much effort. Early VR would likely be controlled mostly by the conscious mind. One would have to think specifically about what one would want to have happen.

Their intent is to have a shared dream, so when they do have one, their subconscience is thinking of the same setting. I haven't seen any of their dreams, but if they aren't exactly alike, then it was probably just their intent for a shared dream, and that anything similar that happened was a coincidence and any differences would be the different things that their different brains put in.

Has anybody actually read the first post?

Originally Posted by Sinani201

Their intent is to have a shared dream, so when they do have one, their subconscience is thinking of the same setting. I haven't seen any of their dreams, but if they aren't exactly alike, then it was probably just their intent for a shared dream, and that anything similar that happened was a coincidence and any differences would be the different things that their different brains put in.

The conversation has already moved away from shared dreaming towards dream-like virtual reality.

Originally Posted by Conkt

The conversation has already moved away from shared dreaming towards dream-like virtual reality.

Shouldn't we start a new thread in extended discussion?

Don't worry, it's ok to get off topic a bit. The mods aren't dictators. Besides, this thread is about to die. You are going to agree with me, then Sinani will say something, then people will stop posting here.

Originally Posted by Conkt

Don't worry, it's ok to get off topic a bit. The mods aren't dictators. Besides, this thread is about to die. You are going to agree with me, then Sinani will say something, then people will stop posting here.

Your right, I agree.

Sinani, If you'll do the honors.

Originally Posted by Conkt

Don't worry, it's ok to get off topic a bit. The mods aren't dictators. Besides, this thread is about to die. You are going to agree with me, then Sinani will say something, then people will stop posting here.

Yeah, that's pretty much the way this will work. But it got into an argument about shared dreaming because that is what a "dream game" would be.

So let's let the thread fall into oblivion, shall we?

Originally Posted by Conkt

Remote viewing and shared dreaming are very different. As I previously posted, people like to make things up regarding the unknown and the fantastical. Remote viewing makes sense, as all you are doing is altering your mind and changing a hallucination. How is seeing through your dream eyes any different from seeing with the dream air behind your head? Shared dreaming, contrarily, is most likely impossible in that the two brains would need to be connected in order to provide each other with feedback. If two people are to sleep in the same bed then maybe they might share aspects of a dream since the brain gives of electromagnetic waves. This wouldn't be possible if they are more than 50 meters away.
Please stop confusing the possible with the not.

Funny science here. Nice hypothesis, but that isn't what makes shared dreams possible or remote viewing, but yes thread, die.

Shared dreaming can exist but it's so much more likely that they do not exist.

This is why posters who believe in the first should keep their posts in the Beyond Dreaming section rather than posting them anywhere else. Failing to do so results in posts and/or topics in the wrong sections, this topic is such an example.

Not only are those kind of posts off-topic and/or wrongly placed, it's also extremely annoying to read them. Thus, from now on, I'll report any post on the subject of shared-dreaming in any section other than Beyond Dreaming.

Just to let you know

Originally Posted by ArmoredSandwich

Not only are those kind of posts off-topic and/or wrongly placed, it's also extremely annoying to read them. Thus, from now on, I'll report any post on the subject of shared-dreaming in any section other than Beyond Dreaming.

Just to let you know

Please, don't. It's not flaming, it's not spamming. All that you would be accomplishing by reporting post after post is clogging the Staff's individual e-mail accounts. In short, it would not be helping.

Originally Posted by ArmoredSandwich

Shared dreaming can exist but it's so much more likely that they do not exist.

This is why posters who believe in the first should keep their posts in the Beyond Dreaming section rather than posting them anywhere else. Failing to do so results in posts and/or topics in the wrong sections, this topic is such an example.

Not only are those kind of posts off-topic and/or wrongly placed, it's also extremely annoying to read them. Thus, from now on, I'll report any post on the subject of shared-dreaming in any section other than Beyond Dreaming.

Just to let you know

Don't, because it is not beyond dreaming. This whole thread is about playing games with other people in lucid dreams. So this thread is about dream sharing. If you don't believe in it, then don't have shared dreams. That is your right. But don't be intolerant towards people who have shared dreams. It is part of our dream life, we cannot censor ourselves for your annoyance. Don't read posts about people playing games together in dreams. The annoying thing is that there has to be a debate about it. People should just let each other believe what they want. I don't think that all people who share dreams should be exhiled to beyond dreaming while the people who don't share dreams get the rest of the forums.

Yes Dannon, that's all well and good but then the age of enlightenment came about and people began to see the spread of false knowledge and misinformation as a bad thing! Just because someone believes something doesn't make it true, and the reason they should not be left to their ignorant devices is because they will, purposefully or not, influence others with their fallacies. Which is why religion shouldn't exist.

Originally Posted by Portalboat

Wouldn't it be cool if a "ringmaster" (can't think of a better name, sorry) was running a "lucid game", such as a real-life game of Team Fortress 2, or any other type of game. People would just come to the 'ringmaster' and sign their name/username on a "dream detector" (i.e. There would be a light next to each person's signage, green means lucid, ready to go, yellow means dreaming, but not lucid, red means asleep, but currently not dreaming. Light off means awake.) Once the detector had enough names, a message would be set out to all the people that signed up, telling them that the game was ready to go, and to get to the 'ringmaster'. Then he would start the game.

Sorry about the text wall, hope you all can understand that

there. to answer the question yes.

Originally Posted by Conkt

Have you seen the way technology has been advancing? It doubles every 18 months. That means, in 51 years, technology will be 17179869184 times what it is today. Scary, eh? I give it 10 years before low level virtual reality (similar to dreamstate)

But will technology continue progressing at the same rate?

Originally Posted by Noogah

But will technology continue progressing at the same rate?

Yes. It has been for about 10 years. In fact, if anything it will speed up.

With the "dream detector" I meant something that you'd imagine up IN a lucid dream, not what you guys are thinking, which is that you hook up your brain into a device, and use it whenever in dream. I think. () It's like Noogah said, IMAGINATION!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Portalboat

Wouldn't it be cool if a "ringmaster" (can't think of a better name, sorry) was running a "lucid game", such as a real-life game of Team Fortress 2, or any other type of game. People would just come to the 'ringmaster' and sign their name/username on a "dream detector" (i.e. There would be a light next to each person's signage, green means lucid, ready to go, yellow means dreaming, but not lucid, red means asleep, but currently not dreaming. Light off means awake.) Once the detector had enough names, a message would be set out to all the people that signed up, telling them that the game was ready to go, and to get to the 'ringmaster'. Then he would start the game.

Sorry about the text wall, hope you all can understand that

That is a great idea! It's something I have been working on. We go to the Outer Realms, a place no one can get hurt. They are all kind of like video games
So far, we have:
battled one-on-one (like a fighting game)
gone on epic quests (MMORPG-like)
had huge wars (Hero-based RTS)
and done side scrollers! We actually played Golden Axe haha. (Action/MMORPG)

I like the dream detector idea. It's a great idea. I am going to make one of those in a dream!

Why is your name grey?