I grew up falling asleep to space and nature documentaries. The slower narration and the wider shots, the wonder and vastness of the cosmos… David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, Brian Cox, etc.
I just started making ambient music and visual art with AI tools to familiarize myself with more of what's out there. My work is with AI and have always enjoyed exploring new technology as it comes out. I have a background in art and music, as well. So I use it more so as a tool with careful direction to test what's possible. I used Runway here to help create deep space visuals that move slowly and feel soft and weightless. Elevenlabs for the narration. Suno for music. So far enjoying all 3 platforms, but I want to test another AI video tool in place of Runway next.
I ended up making a long 3 hour video of nebula formations with gentle narration and calming ambient music. It’s something I made because it allows me to explore AI tools and express certain aspects of art and music that I enjoy… but also because Youtube and documentaries have been such a large part of my life, that I decided to put it all together and make something that I thought others might enjoy.
I hope sharing is allowed. If not, I’ll remove the post without any issue.
Here it is: https://youtu.be/ObCDzQVqw9U
Wishing anyone who watches a quiet moment of wonder!
A calming nebula sleep video I made after years of falling asleep to space documentaries
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..So AI?
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edit: so yes AI
> *I’ve been exploring ways to use AI models…The visuals were generated*
https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtificialInteligence/comments/1os58c1/experiments_blending_ai_visuals_ambient_music/
omg i do the same thing with space documentaries! something about brian cox’s voice just puts me right to sleep in the best way possible.
While I appreciate the length, information and style of the video, my biggest disconnect is that when you are talking about actual nebula/objects that exist, there are plenty of high resolution pictures of most to show those when they are mentioned.
I love falling asleep to space documentaries, but the biggest thing I struggle with are the bright changes to the images on screen. It would be great to see a video with black and white, or monochrome content so that it’s less invasive to the eyes during sleep when played on the TV.