A California-based startup called REMspace claims to have found a way to let people communicate with one another while lucid dreaming. To date, however, the company has not provided any peer-reviewed data or scientific literature to back up this assertion, which means we’ll need to wait for their experiments to be scrutinized and verified before getting too excited. 

On social media, REMspace founder Michael Raduga claimed that the peer review process is likely to take between six and 12 months, and that he hopes to publish an academic paper next year. For now, though, all we have to go on is a solitary press release, in which the company claims to have successfully mediated a conversation between two lucid dreamers for the first time on September 24. 

According to Raduga’s post on X, the feat was then repeated on October 8. And while these “chats” were incredibly basic – consisting of a single word transmitted from one sleeper to another – the researchers say their work could pave the way for more complex dream-to-dream communication.

Lucid dreaming refers to a state in which a person is fully aware that they are in a dream, and in some cases involves the ability to control certain aspects of one’s illusory universe. Over the past few years, Raduga and his company have conducted a number of highly publicized experiments in an apparent attempt to unlock the potential of lucid dreams, which some scientists believe may help people to resolve mental health issues or learn new skills.

In a bizarre twist, Raduga, who is not a qualified neurosurgeon, even claims to have had a chip inserted into his own brain – a procedure that left him “on the verge of death” and resulted in “lifelong health consequences”. Little is known about what he hoped to achieve by taking such drastic action or what the chip is supposed to do, and the company has yet to provide any data arising from this dangerous stunt.  

Despite this, REMspace has actually produced some peer-reviewed scientific papers over the past few years, including one describing an experiment that enabled people to control a virtual car while asleep and lucid dreaming. 

The company also claims to have been working on a special language for lucid dreamers. Known as Remmyo, this simple dialect is supposed to be perceptible using electromyography – which detects tiny movements in sleepers’ facial muscles – although the method has so far yielded mixed results.

In the press release for their latest experiment, the company says their researchers remotely tracked the brain activity of two individuals as they slept. When the first participant’s readings indicated that they had entered a lucid dream state, the researchers transmitted a single Remmyo word through that person’s earbuds.

The sleeper then allegedly repeated the word in their lucid dream, with this response captured and stored on a server. This recording was later transmitted to the second participant as they entered their own lucid dream, with this individual supposedly confirming the word that was received once they woke up.