The existence of lucid dreams has long been proven by science. It is a situation where you suddenly realize that you are sleeping and you can control and feel yourself in your dream scenario, just like you do in real life. Many try to mystify this phenomenon by calling it “astral” or “out-of-body”, but this phenomenon is the same dream that your brain simulates every night, with the only exception: now the scenario is controlled by the subconscious, not the subconscious. your conscious decisions and desires.

According to statistics, Nearly 70% of people experience this phenomenon at least once in their livesHowever, we often do not even know this, since a lucid dream repeats some ordinary scenes of life, so it is almost impossible to distinguish the unreality of the plot.

What is known about the new device

Prophetic aims to take sleep control to a new level and enable users to “overcome sleep inactivity.”

Founded earlier this year, the company wants to start selling its product called “Halo” in 2025. The startup involved work on Neuralink designer Afshin Mekhin, who is involved in the development of brain implants at Elon Musk’s company.

The halo is worn on the head like a crown. According to Prophetic’s website, the device uses a combination of ultrasound and machine learning models created from electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data to determine when users are in REM sleep and then trigger and stabilize a lucid dream.

Until It is not clear exactly how it will cause the desired situation. For example, some of the existing analogues from other developers emit a light signal at the right moment; It is faint enough to not wake up, but noticeable enough for the eyes and brain to pick up on it and realize that the person is sleeping. This happens as soon as the device detects the so-called rapid eye movement. This chaotic eye movement only occurs during the rapid phase of sleep (also called the asynchronous sleep phase) when we dream.

Future Prophecy product It is based on ongoing research by the Donders Institute in the Netherlands. They target specific areas of the brain and ultrasound frequencies for optimal lucid dream induction. The startup is expected to receive full results from the institute in spring 2024 and ship devices to customers in spring 2025. Priced between $1,500 and $2,000 each.

The company has seen significant traction, generating “several hundred thousand dollars in booking revenue” in the first few weeks since pre-orders opened, indicating a potentially large user base.