What if you could wake up and have a picture of your dreams, not in your head, but in your hands? Researchers have created a biosensor headset that edits images based on brain activity while dreaming, according to The Daily Mail.
Animator Richard Ramchurn came up with the idea for the "#scanners cinema experience," which allows everyone to watch the same movie in a different way, using a headset called MindWave Mobile (developed by tech company NeuroSky).
The #scanners project has been funded by Kickstarter, but the technology (and anticipated film) has not been released yet.
"#Scanners is a new interactive visual arts installation that bridges the gap between digital arts and neuroscience," the Manchester-based Ramchurn wrote on the Kickstarter page. "We have created an experience that uses wireless brain scanners that allows the user to manipulate a digital art installation. Narratives and layers can be built that are all governed by the users' concentration and meditation levels. Edit points can be created by monitoring the users blinking."
"The audience can project their feelings onto the film that they are seeing, the film they watch will have a series of overlapping structures that they can interact with and/or disregard," he continued. "The spectator is no longer passive and must enter into a dialogue with the artwork."
"Much like a dream you can't really control what happens on screen, Ramchurn said, according to The Daily Mail. "Your brain chooses the sounds and sights you experience but you can't really direct them - you just have to go with it."
Ramchurn said that the goal is to develop the technology for people to see and hear their dreams. "The problem is it's easy to remember a film because you're conscious while it's playing, but it can be hard to recall a dream once you're awake," Ramchurn said, according to The Daily Mail. "The headset is the perfect device for exploring dreams, because it brings your subconscious to the forefront, placing it on a screen for you to experience consciously."
"There is research which suggests we may be able to fully record a dream within the next 10 to 15 years," Ramchurn predicts.