Halovision

Halovision is a plugin for Lucid Scribe, an application that provides you with a straightforward method of tracking your rapid eyes movement during sleep. In case you require more REM data for your test or project, then the extension can help you determine the amount the changes in the REM activity between the last two frames.

Forthright installation and minimum configuration

The setup is pretty much laid on the line, especially since the plugin is set to install in the same directory as Lucid Scribe. While the utility loads automatically when launching the program, you should keep in mind that you can also access it from the Plugin menu. As you probably hinted, you can enable or disable it from the aforementioned menu.
You should know that you can configure the extension so that it is clearly visible in case you are monitoring other parameters or you are using multiple plugins. To be more precise, you can alter its line's color, width and change the dash style to dot, dash dot dot, dash dot, dash or solid.

Enables you to set the parameters for the stream

It is worth mentioning that the utility supports further configuration from its dedicated window. Therefore, you can select the device that you want are using to monitor REM activity, which can be a specialized device or any webcam you have handy. On a side note, it goes without saying that you can get better results by employing specialized equipment.
In addition, you can specify the algorithm to be tracked, pixel and frame threshold, how many pixels should be displayed in a row, amplification and the percentage that can be ignores from the streaming.
For best results, it is recommended that you draw a contrasting a contrasting triangle on your eyelids so that the algorithm can pick up the changes more accurately.

A plugin that provides you with more relevant REM data

All in all, Halovision is a handy extension that provides you with a method of determining the amount of changes that happen during REM activity on a frame to frame basis.