Why would I use a low fidelity version when I can just recall a high fidelity version directly in my mind? You too can achieve this by training dream recall, by keeping a dream journal for example. After a while you will notice you can remember nearly everything about dreams and will start lucid dreaming as well.
I find that my dreams start fading the more awake I am, unless they were more intense than usual. How do you keep that mental twilight long enough to write the details?
I was in college before I realized this wasn’t a universal thing. 15 years later I was finally exposed to the bit where some people don’t have an inner monologue or a minds eye.
I wonder if they’re related.
I kept a dream journal for years and very rarely had lucid dreams. 6-8 times at most over 30 years. I definitely got better at remembering dreams -- it also helped if I could build a narrative that would keep the different segments tied together.