A music video from one photo.
A person picks an occasion and adds one photo. Eros Universe's tools make the picture, the dance and the song. Then our own code adds a greeting card and finishes the video.
- About 12 seconds long
- 13 to 28 minutes to make, with a ready photo and song
- 340 credits from scratch
Credits are what Eros charges for each AI step: a picture is 30, a dance 30 a second, a song about 10.
How one video is made
A birthday greeting made on 29 October by Ayaan, who built this proof of concept, for his mother. Five steps, from his photos to the finished video.
The time on each Eros step is how long Eros took. A whole run also waits for Claude to pick up the request and to check the results. The first try had a garbled sign on the wall, so it was redone with a cleaner picture; that first try cost 300 credits and is not counted in the 340.
Who does the work
Three parties do the work. The same colours mark them on this page and in the app.
Makes the parts that need AI
Three Eros tools do the AI work: Imagine It makes the picture, Make Me a Dancer makes the person dance, and Make Me a Singer makes the song. Each one charges credits.
Runs the steps
An AI assistant that runs the steps, like a studio operator. It writes the instructions, uses Eros in a web browser, looks at still frames of each result and writes down every step and its cost. It never shares or posts anything on its own.
Finishes the video
An ordinary program, with no AI and no cost. It joins the dance to the song, adds the greeting card and the end card, and sets the volume.
Everything we made
Everything below was made before this page was written. Tap any video to play it with sound. Short on time? Play the first row and the side-by-side pairs.
greeting videos for Indian occasions
Each about 12 seconds, with a song made on Eros and a greeting card. Some use dance clips taken from other people's videos: those are for internal viewing only, because we do not own them.
videos made with the app's own button
Someone pressed Make my video in the app, and the video came out: three on 29 October (13, 22 and 28 minutes from the click) and two on 3 November, which took longer, mostly waiting on our side.
A longer music video, and an early test
Ek Chhatri, 18 seconds, built shot by shot with four Eros tools. And its chorus, from our first music tests on Eros's test site in October.
of Ayaan's own clips, remade with his face
Left: his original clip. Right: the same moves, remade on Eros from his photo. Tap a pair to play both.
trending dance clips from our research, remade with a new face
We researched trending dance videos online, looked at 1,068 clips and picked the 42 that suit Eros's dancer best. Here are the 38 that were remade: the original on the left, remade on Eros with a new face on the right. For internal viewing only: the clips belong to their makers. Ananya is an AI-made character, not a real person.
songs made on Eros
Made with Make Me a Singer, mostly in Hindi (some mixed with Punjabi or English), plus one each in Punjabi and English and one instrumental. One song has two takes. Tap one to listen.
Animated videos set to Eros songs
Made by our own code, not by Eros's AI tools, then set to songs made on Eros.
dance moves to choose from
The moves a person can pick for their video. Only the 4 made on Eros are marked as publishable in the app, and who owns them is still to be decided. The other 86 are borrowed samples, free stock clips or Ayaan's own, for internal use.
What the person sees
Four screens of the real app, from picking an occasion to the finished video.
The journey
From the first tests on Eros to this page.
The numbers
Counted from the app's own records.
Where it stands
What works, what still needs Claude to run it, and what is not ready.
Works today
- Real videos of a person dancing, made on Eros's tools from one photo.
- Songs made on Eros, including a birthday song with the name in the chorus.
- Greeting cards with the name on them, in Hindi script too.
- The cut to the song, the end card and even sound, done by our own code.
- Every video made with the app has its cost in credits written down.
Works, but Claude runs it
- Claude uses Eros in a web browser, because there is no automatic link to Eros yet.
- In our three button runs on 29 Oct, with a ready photo and song, a new video took 13, 22 and 28 minutes from the click to the finished video. The two runs on 3 Nov took longer, mostly waiting on our side.
- It only works while the developer's laptop is on and Claude is open. Videos already made play without it.
- On the night of 2 Nov, Make Me a Dancer failed on all 47 of our tries. Every credit came back, and it worked again on 3 Nov.
Not ready yet
- Ownership is undecided: no one has said who owns songs and dance moves made by AI, or the finished video.
- Most dance moves are borrowed clips: internal use only.
- There are no user accounts, payments or sharing yet. A person can only download the video.
- The dance does not follow the beat of the music yet.
What we need from Eros
Which of these should come first?