It's not very far off. From MIT TR:
Scientists can accurately predict which of a thousand pictures a person is looking at by analyzing brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The approach should shed light on how the brain processes visual information, and it might one day be used to reconstruct dreams
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wow. the film industry will love this, eventually.
and so will I.