Galaxy (Sega 1973) - Loading

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This video is a collaboration between DALL-E and me (and of course, the original artist who made this game's backglass).  There are some tables that it's not easy to animate the existing artwork, so sometimes I try something different.  this is one of those times.

The video is made from the logo and the astronaut pictured on the backglass, but the background layers are generated by DALL-E with some prompting by me.  Open AI has recently added a tool that allows you to generate more of a picture that you've already generated and this is what allowed me to create the long background pictures needed to create the parallax.

I gave DALL-E a small sample from the backglass (see below) and then created three background layers.

For the front layer, I used the prompt "1970's sci-fi other-worldly patterns."

For the middle layer, I used the prompt "1970's sci-fi other-worldly landscape."

For the rear layer, I used the prompt "1970's sci-fi other-worldly landscape against a dark sky."

In all three cases, as the picture gets further from the original sample, DALL-E starts to get more "creative," but overall, I am happy with the effect of each of the layers.

The music is "Time" by the Alan Parsons Project.  This song is from a few years after the table, but fits really well with the vibe.