Did you ever wish you could show your dreams to your friends or family? Now you might be able to, with a new device that uses AI to create videos from spoken words.
The Dream Recorder, created by the Dutch design studio Modem, is a bedside device on which you can record your dreams and play them back as short videos.
The idea is that as soon as you wake up, you push a record button on the Dream Recorder and speak into it — in any language — describing what you remember of your dream.
AI technology will then interpret your spoken dream and create a short video based on it in a visual style of your choice. You can then play back this video on the Dream Recorder’s screen.
The creators of the Dream Recorder say these videos can be used to help you think about the meaning of your dreams and how they might affect your waking life.
However, you can’t keep these dream videos forever, because the Dream Recorder only has enough memory for seven days of dreams. That should be long enough to see if there are any repeated themes in your dreams, while keeping your mind in the present.
The Dream Recorder is also an open-source DIY device that you can build yourself. All the code and the details you need to build it are available to download for free online. All you need to do is buy or 3D print the parts you need to make it. The cost of all the parts should come to around $333.
Modem is an unusual design studio because it has set itself an end date in 2030. This is meant to inspire the designers to take chances, experiment and create work that is focused on the present moment.
