LuciEntry: Towards understanding the design of lucid dream induction

• Publication:
  • Full paper
  • Wang, P.-Y. (C.), Fang, X. Z., Ducos, G., Xiang, N. L. Y., Loose, A. S., Rajesh, R., Botheju, N., Chen, E., Montoya, M. F., Kitson, A., Konkoly, K. R., Sagi, R., Whitmore, N. W., Patibanda, R., Esfahani, M. J., Deng, J., Bu, J., Dresler, M., Elvitigala, D. S., Semertzidis, N., & Mueller, F. F. (2025). LuciEntry: Towards understanding the design of lucid dream induction. DIS 2025. Video
  • Short paper
  • Wang, P.-Y. (C.)*, Xiang, N. L. Y.*, Rajesh, R., Loose, A. S., Semertzidis, N., & Mueller, F. F. (2024). LuciEntry: A modular lab-based lucid dreaming induction prototype. CHI 2024 Late-Breaking Work. Video. Presentation. Preview Video.
  • Wang, P.-Y. (C.)*, Xiang, N. L. Y.*, Rajesh, R., Loose, A. S., Semertzidis, N., & Mueller, F. F. (2024). LuciEntry: A Modular Lab-Based Lucid Dreaming Induction Prototype. CHI 2024 Video Showcase. Video.
  • Wang, P.-Y. (C.)*, Xiang, N. L. Y.*, Rajesh, R., Loose, A. S., Semertzidis, N., & Mueller, F. F. (2024). LuciEntry HOME: An Anywhere Lucid Dreaming Induction Prototype. CHI 2024 Video Showcase. Video.
• Authors: Po-Yao (Cosmos) Wang, Xiao Zoe Fang, Gabriel Ducos, Nathaniel Yung Xiang Lee, Antony Smith Loose, Rohit Rajesh, Nethmini Botheju, Eric Yang Chen, Maria Fernanda Montoya, Alexandra Kitson, Karen Konkoly, Rohan Sagi, Nathan W. Whitmore, Rakesh Patibanda, Mahdad Jafarzadeh Esfahani, Jialin Deng, Jiajun Bu, Martin Dresler, Don Samitha Elvitigala, Nathan Semertzidis, Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller
• Time: Mar. 2023 - Jul. 2025
• Category: Research

Lucid dreaming is a unique state of consciousness where one is aware of dreaming whilst asleep, which enables people to control their dream content. Lucid dreaming offers various mental and physical health benefits, such as entertainment, inspiration, and alleviating nightmares. However, lucid dreaming rarely occurs naturally, and lucid dream induction techniques take effort and time to practice.

We designed LuciEntry, a lucid dream induction system. ( Github )

LuciEntry is a portable, modular, automatic prototype designed to facilitate lucid dream induction which comprises four core components: (1) a sleep-tracking cap, (2) a server for sleep stage classification, (3) cue modules for triggering induction stimuli, and (4) a smartphone application to guide the user. The sleep tracker monitors the user’s brain and eye activity for sleep stage detection. Once the dream state is detected, the system automatically activates the cue modules to deliver external stimuli, such as auditory and visual cues, to increase the user’s self-awareness and induce lucid dreaming.