Mandi Holdorf

Welcome to the dreams of MoonLiteWolf—all powered by her experience playing the Xbox Series X. This epic, dream-fueled journey will take you from the depths of her lucid imagination into the outskirts of space, with plenty of twists along the way.

To make this film, Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi used real dreams MoonLiteWolf had after playing the Xbox Series X. To capture MoonLiteWolf’s dreams, a method known as Targeted Dream Incubation was used. She was guided to a sleep state known as hypnagogia, which was tracked by the Hypnodyne (EEG) headband she was wearing. When she reached this state—known to feel like light sleep and even meditation—she was asked to recall her dreams. Tapping into the state of hypnagogia is nothing new. Throughout history, several great minds have used it to inspire their thinking, including Aristotle, Thomas Edison, Edgar Allen Poe, and Mary Shelley.

Once MoonLiteWolf's dreams were recorded, renowned Director/Writer/Actor Taika Waititi brought them to life.

In addition to 'Lucid Odyssey', the 'Made From Dreams' series included the following content:

Odell Beckham Jr., played Xbox and dreamt that he controlled big, fiery stars in the dark of outer space with a single movement of his hand, transporting him to a world where anything is possible. This inspired the blazing stars both on his custom Xbox controller and on the inside of his custom AF1 shoes.

Audio creators brought visually-impaired gamer, BlindGamerSteve’s dreams to life in 'Walking in Steve’s Dreams' told through immersive spatial sound. The story captures Steve’s dreams of exploring Europa and fighting creatures using Stasis, an elemental power in 'Destiny Two: Beyond Light', the game he experienced before sleeping.

Artist, Quentin Deronzier, created a series of digital art inspired by Stallion83’s dreams, which include summoning a fleet of fiery ships in the heat of a Viking battle, a nod to 'Assassin’s Creed Valhalla', one of the many next-gen games he experienced before sleeping.

Digital creator, Johanna Joskowska, created augmented reality social filters that enabled fans to load different game-themed experiences out of Emericagirl24’s dreams. In one dream, Emericagirl visited a futuristic store with cyborgs shopping for different body modification accessories, likely inspired by her experiencing the new game Cyberpunk 2077 before sleeping.

Get a behind-the science look at all of the work created by the this breakthrough research method that was used to capture the dreams of gamers.

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