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This is an interesting concept that the Army is moving forward with. Apparently a lot of Army vets with post traumatic stress disorder have nightmares, and this is a project to try to fight the nightmare using soothing "dreams" built in virtual worlds.

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A soldier tries to sleep. But he is not safe in his dreams. Jolted awake by a nightmare, the combat veteran fumbles in the dark for his 3-D glasses.

He puts them on. Around him are the faces of people whom he trusts. They fight the darkness with him. The soldier’s re-lived this scene in his head and the laboratory over and over again, until it has become reassuringly familiar. The soldier knows that his pixelated friends will take him away from these troubled dreams. When the scene is over, he takes off his goggles and looks around him. The soldier is home.

The U.S. Army wants this dream sequence to become reality. In an Army-backed experiment called “Power Dreaming,” Naval Hospital Bremerton in Washington State will help traumatized troops battle their nightmares — with soothing, digitally-made dreams crafted in virtual worlds. No, this is not the script for the sequel to Inception.

The research project is in its early planning and is not expected to launch until next year, a hospital spokesperson told Danger Room. But it is picking up momentum. Last week, the Army awarded almost half a million dollars to a consulting company for help developing the experiment.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10 ... inception/

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Perhaps war is supposed to be traumatic, perhaps the horrors of war are supposed to scar the soul.

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Yea...so perhaps they should subject the members of congress and the president to digital nightmares to give them PTSD. Maybe we'd have less wars if our glorious leaders woke up with screaming nightmares more often.

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Peltz wrote:
Perhaps war is supposed to be traumatic, perhaps the horrors of war are supposed to scar the soul.


Poignant and wise. I commend you sir.

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