I was dreaming the other day, that I was looking at a screen in front of my eyes and it was playing images. I don't actually remember how, but in the dream it was implied, that this screen has always been there. I focused on the screen and it almost lead to be projecting, but as the screen was fading, I focused more and I woke up instead.
I've had dreams like this too where your experiencing the dream as an observer and not directly involved with what's happening in the dream