I am an aphant and cannot visualize anything. However, I routinely have vivid dreams that are full of color, almost in 4K, and I often remember them quite well.

People often point out that some aphants can still have visual dreams. But for hyperphants, is voluntary visualization similar to dreaming?

My dreams are experienced from a first-person POV. I’m not sure whether the images are rendered as I look around, but the experience feels like real life, with a 360-degree field of view, almost as if I’m wearing a VR headset.

Is voluntary visualization or daydreaming like that? Or is it more like a hologram projected into the real world, or something entirely different that is difficult to describe in words?

For example, if you close your eyes and imagine yourself running through a forest, what do you actually experience? Do you see the trees and the leaves rustling around you, or do you see yourself running through the forest? Is the experience 360 degrees, like being immersed in a virtual world, or is it more like looking at a picture or a scene in front of you?

Hi, in this video, there's the physical view (the car driving) and then there's the mind's eye/second screen view (the cinematic city overview).

Does this video represent a good depiction of high-end mental sensory imagery? Mental imagery that is as vivid as real life? Where you can see both views at the same time and give more or less focus to either?

I used to think that a lot of creative videos were nonvisual people experimenting with technology, but now I can see how that in many cases visual people are using technology to share what they see in their minds. Even more, there are people watching who are not just seeing it on a 2D screen but are also having visual thoughts and recreations going on in their minds, and with more focus, as full VR immersion. That is truly fascinating.

Also, from the perspective of this video, if you pause at 1:25, that's what aphantasia looks like without the mental imagery or second screen which is a good contrast from the blended imagery throughout.

저는 21살이고, 안타티아시안입니다. 하지만 중학교 때는 망상에 빠져 많은 시간을 보냈습니다.

비록 시각적으로는 상상할 수 없었지만.

이걸 보면 획득한 아바타일 거라고 추측할 수도 있지만,

기억하기로는, 상상한 적이 없었던 것 같아요.

내가 상상한 것을 상상할 수 없어서일까?

아마도 너무 많은 트라우마를 겪었기 때문일 수도 있지만,

머리 뒤쪽이 좀 평평해요.

이 부분이 성능이 부족하다고 생각합니다.

대부분의 사람들은 제가 실제로 하는 말에 뭔가 이상하다고 느낍니다

온라인에서 90% 이상이 제가 하는 말을 이해하지 못하고 당황합니다.

저는 언어가 상상력의 영역에서 일어나는 현상이라고 생각합니다.

그래서 저는 아반트족이 적극적으로 언어를 사용하는 것이 아니라, 이미 쌓아온 언어 패턴을 바탕으로 상황에 맞는 적절한 단어를 끌어내고 있다고 생각합니다.

저는 연구를 좋아하고 언어 활동에 참여해야 해서 곧 이 문제를 해결할 예정입니다.