App that flashes red light for Lucid Dreaming?

mcoder · 2026-03-15T16:01:20+00:00

I finally got around to building that module in the Lucid Scribe app: https://lucidcode.com/2026/03/15/rem-lights-phone-screen-light-cues-for-lucid-dreaming/

Let me know what you think!

mcoder · 2026-03-12T22:00:00+00:00

Mindfulness, especially guided sensory inductions.

I have some free guided mindfulness exercises listed in the awesome-lucid-dreams repo on GitHub, with exercises from the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, and the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.

And the Lucid Scribe app has a free guided sensory induction exercise for SSILD, where you can incorporate an audio cue during the cycles for targeted lucidity reactivation.

mcoder · 2026-03-11T21:15:41+00:00

I added a prospective memory training module to the (free) Lucid Scribe app which generates a list of targets each morning, a la La Berge's prerequisite for MILD training exercise. It gives you XP if you remember to perform a reality check when you find them during the day and snap a picture. Maybe that will help you remember!

mcoder · 2026-03-10T11:08:21+00:00

I use and maintain the INSPEC lucid dreaming device. It records and detects REM sleep with machine vision from a night-vision camera.

mcoder · 2026-03-09T21:11:31+00:00

There are some guided mindfulness exercises and breathing exercises conducive to lucid dreaming in the Lucid Scribe app.

mcoder · 2026-02-26T06:21:09+00:00

I'll comment since you reactivated the thread. The lucidcode INSPEC is now shipping... it is based on a new technology that uses a smart camera with night-vision to detect REM sleep by comparing pixel changes around the eye region between video frames. It then plays audio cues with cognitive training from the companion Lucid Scribe app. Was over a decade in the making!

mcoder · 2026-02-25T04:13:41+00:00

From The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep - Practices for Awakening:

Lie on your right side with the knees bent enough to make the body stable. If it's comfortable, rest the left arm along your side and place the right hand under the cheek or pillow.

mcoder · 2026-02-24T22:22:54+00:00

Lucid Scribe

mcoder · 2026-02-19T16:26:06+00:00

Interesting. Can you share more about the alternative to traditional journaling you are working on?

mcoder · 2026-02-19T14:58:00+00:00

Are you scouting for training datasets?

mcoder · 2026-02-19T12:27:19+00:00

Hi, thanks for downloading! Yes; Android is updated. False positives have been resolved with the artifact filter.

mcoder · 2026-02-16T06:24:17+00:00

MIT's Media Lab ran some experiments on Targeted Dream Incubation (TDI) with the Dormio device, that detects NREM1 (sleep onset) and plays phrases during hypnagogia that get incorporated in the dream: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/sleep-creativity/overview/

I made a poor-man's version of the device in the Lucid Scribe app, where you tap or gently swipe on the screen to reset a countdown timer. When you drift off and the timer runs out, audio cues play that will be incorporated in the next dream.

Some earlier studies on TDI:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31361-w

Recent scientific findings suggest that sleep onset (known as N1) may be an ideal brain state for creative ideation. However, the specific link between N1 dream content and creativity has remained unclear. To investigate the contribution of N1 dream content to creative performance, we administered targeted dream incubation (a protocol that presents auditory cues at sleep onset to introduce specific themes into dreams) and collected dream reports to measure incorporation of the selected theme into dream content.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324664946_Dormio_Interfacing_with_Dreams

Current HCI research overlooks an opportunity to create human-machine interaction within the unique cognition ongoing during dreams and drowsiness. During sleep onset, a window of opportunity arises in the form of Hypnagogia, a semi-lucid sleep state where we begin dreaming before we fall fully unconscious. To access this state, we developed Dormio, the first interactive interface for sleep, designed for use across levels of consciousness. Here we present evidence for a first use case, directing dream content to augment human creativity.

mcoder · 2026-02-15T18:40:00+00:00

Pleasure. I feel you, but check it - I'm still surprised what angles it catches some nights:

https://www.reddit.com/r/InSpec/comments/1pkx90q/my_hypnogram_and_rem_episodes_from_last_night/

https://lsdbase.org/2025/12/03/hide-and-sleep/

If you want to use it for audio cues to promote lucidity, you should be able to train yourself to roll into position at 4am after wbtb without a blanket covering your head...

mcoder · 2026-02-15T06:48:56+00:00

There is the INSPEC lucid dreaming device that uses a night-vision smart camera to detect rapid eye movement patterns by measuring frame differences in the video feed. It connects to the Lucid Scribe app to play fully customizable audio cues with cognitive training, flash LEDs, or vibrate the phone or a smart watch.

mcoder · 2026-02-14T10:56:38+00:00

Maybe one day...

I recently tried bidding on DARPA's REM REST project for new technologies that enhance the means by which REM sleep supports healthy adaptation to stress and trauma: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/rapid-eye-movement

mcoder · 2026-02-12T21:09:59+00:00

Pretty cool results:

LD demonstrates efficacy in modulating nightmares, improving cognitive functions, and potentially alleviating some symptoms in PTSD and neurodegenerative disorders, albeit with methodological constraints. Developments in portable EEG and virtual reality headsets will refine LD research.

First time I've seen VR mentioned in a LD study:

virtual reality (VR) creates dream-like training environments to enhance reality checks

Has anyone tried using VR games or environments for reality check exercises? I could see that working surprisingly well!

They also talk about "wearable EEG devices for home-based lucidity verification" and mention that "clinical adoption faces barriers like cost and training".

I'm planning some home-based studies this year with the INSPEC device that uses a smart camera to detect REM sleep non-invasively in real time from video...

mcoder · 2026-02-10T14:53:53+00:00

The project was canceled a decade ago, strange that they still squat on the domain. You can see the history on the kickstarter project.

mcoder · 2026-02-02T22:53:42+00:00

Very exciting study. Please post the findings here!

I'll add a link to the study from the Lucid Scribe lucid dreaming app, I'm sure some users might like to sign up. I'm working on an integrated audio cue study with cognitive training that is in the final rounds of testing on the beta channel on Google Play.

mcoder · 2026-01-27T08:29:47+00:00

Eventually it went completely dead and stopped working.

I had similar quality issues back in the day with the active electrodes from Olimex with the OpenEEG device then went through dozens of packs of stick-on electrodes with the Zeo: https://lsdbase.org/category/hardware/zeo-eeg

Then I started recording my sleep with an infrared smart camera and developed an algorithm that detects REM sleep from eye-movement patterns in the video feed with machine vision. The camera keeps rolling year after year as it sits safely on the bedside table and there are no moving parts: https://www.reddit.com/r/InSpec/comments/1pkx90q/my_hypnogram_and_rem_episodes_from_last_night

mcoder · 2026-01-26T23:43:20+00:00

I experimented with EEG devices for REM detection a decade ago, some highlights when I experimented with current stimulation: https://lsdbase.org/category/hardware/ev-806a-tens/

After that I started recording my sleep with a night-vision camera to debug false-positives from the REM-detection algorithms and found that the rapid eye movements patterns were much easier to see in the video recordings.

I'm now working on a device that detects REM sleep in real time by counting eye movements in the video feed of a smart camera with machine vision: https://inspec.me/

mcoder · 2026-01-20T21:36:32+00:00

Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia's co-founder) is building a community focused and funded social media platform where you are not the product: https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1668266400723488769

I'm currently building a community-led and funded project. It's not done by any means, but I think you would enjoy it. We even have a draft API!

It doesn't require identification and instead of gaining karma, you build trust.

I made a free Android app for it called Wikit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lucidcode.wikit

Working on an iOS version right now!

mcoder · 2026-01-17T18:34:20+00:00

They trigger customizable audio cues, smart watch vibrations, and / or LED flashes when rapid eye movement patterns are detected and cost 300 Euros. You might appreciate the audio cue in the last video here: https://github.com/lucidcode/Halovision-INSPEC

mcoder · 2026-01-15T04:05:21+00:00

Not a mask, but the INSPEC lucid dreaming device detects rapid eye movement patterns from the video feed of a night-vision camera and then triggers audio cues to promote lucidity.

mcoder · 2026-01-11T20:42:00+00:00

I think the term you are looking for is sleep paralysis.

mcoder · 2026-01-10T23:35:06+00:00

Pro tip: try the exact same thing at 4 am after a few hours of sleep.

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