International Association for the Study of Dreams

[eqearlgrey]

Greetings,

My name is Jason, and I am a student at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. I’m currently taking a class about online games known as virtual worlds, and I would like your help with an ongoing research project. My class has been playing Everquest II for the past four months.

I am currently seeking people over the age of 18 who have had dreams related to Everquest II or other virtual worlds (World of Warcraft, etc). If you have ever dreamed that you were in the game or that parts of the game were in your real life, then I would like to ask you some questions about your experiences.

We can conduct our interview via e-mail, in-game chat or through an instant-messaging program. I will preserve your anonymity and the confidentiality of your responses.

If you are willing to be interviewed about your thoughts on this topic, please email me at eqearlgrey@yahoo.com.

I appreciate your contribution to my research. At the conclusion of my project, I will send you a link to my paper, as well as the papers of my classmates.

For more details about our course and the research project, visit:
http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/worlds/faq.html

Thanks in advance for your time.

Jason

[eqearlgrey]

Hello again. I'm still conducting research on dreams and virtual games, specifically MMOs like World of Warcraft and Everquest II. In addition to interviewing people about their dreams, I'm also hoping to get some "expert" opinions. If you have any credentials in this field and have an opinion on games related to video games, etc, please let me know!

Also, if you know of anyone who might want to take a 10-survey on dreams and MMOs, please pass along this link:
Dreams and MMOs survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=524012078698

BTW, this project will be completed by May 7, and I'll post a link to my paper on this forum. Once again, thanks for any help you can provide.

Jason
eqearlgrey@yahoo.com

[eqearlgrey]

I recently completed a research project on dreams and MMOs. (Awhile ago, I asked people on this board to participate in a survey/interview. This paper incorporates those results.)

http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/worlds/students.html

My project was conducted for Dr. Aaron Delwiche's "Games for the Web" course at Trinity University. My paper, "Dreams and MMOs: Do avatars dream of hero quests?" is one of 15 papers available online. Topics range from games as therapy to virtual world law. Feel free to check them out and send links to anyone interested. If you have any questions, please use the contact info on the course website.

http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/worlds/index.html

Thank you to everyone who participated.

-Jason

Here is the abstract for my paper:
Given the unique characteristics of interactive virtual worlds, MMO game play may lead to unique dream experiences. The author collected data related to dreams and MMO experiences in order to discover the ways that in-game experiences manifest themselves in dreams, and if this manifestation is unique among dream experiences. Results were not sufficient to identify any unique connections between MMOs and dreams. Rather, these dreams collected in this study proved to be comparable to traditional interpretations of dreams as residual manifestations of events that recently occupied the dreamer’s mind.

[EdK]

Hi Jason -

Thanks for the link!

Although I've never played Everquest or Warquest, this paper of mine on a Virtual Reality Dream experience may interest you:

http://www.dreamgate.com/pomo/kellogg_virtual.htm


Ed

[eqearlgrey]

Nice paper! Thanx!