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Dreamspace Fragments is an exploration into generating representations of the narrative content of dreams as virtual environments, or dream spaces. Using a derivative of the classification system for dream content analyses developed by Calvin Hall I encoded the narrative content of each of 12 dreams recorded from 1989 to 2000 into numeric values which were then used to define the parameters for generating 3-dimensional objects that are rendered as VRML worlds.
The title refers to these as both dream spaces and fragments as I consider each dream to be a part of the continuum of my dreaming life. Eventually, the aim is to construct an online virtual environment where myself and others can share dreams in this way. Contributing a dream narrative online would result in its translation into a 3-dimensional online space. This virtual world would be a landscape of collective dreamspace.
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| Range - Intimacy (known to unknown): 18 values | |
| Range - Positive to negative: 63 values | |
| Range - External to internal: 55 values | |
| Range - In/outdoors and familiar/unfamiliar: 8 values | |
| Range - Size: 26 values | |
| Range - 13 modifier values | |
A worksheet is generated for each dream using the narrative elements to calculate values for each dimension. These values are then used to create the RGB color values, the number, shape, placement, and orientation in space of the 3-dimensional elements in the vrml space.
Selected Dreams: from the dream journal.
Dreams recorded on three different dates.
In
order to view the VRML spaces, your web browser must have a VRML browser
installed.
I have provided several screen captures of the vrml spaces in the event
that your browser does not have a VRML browser installated.
If you would
like to install a VRML browser, PC and MAC versions are available for
download at:
http://www.parallelgraphics.com/products/cortona/
