Show HN: Psychedelic animation generator; (p)art of your next trip

  • IMO the most realistic generated psychedelic images were made by Google's Deep Dream 10 years ago. It seems like it's been mostly forgotten about after the advent of DALL-E, Midjourney, etc.

  • I recall experiencing an incredibly fast hallucination with my eyes closed—like tiny dots moving at an extreme speed.

    Faster than anything I had ever seen, almost like an intense vibration, beyond the refresh rate of the eye. It was both intimidating and exhilarating.

    Perhaps screens are unable to replicate this type of hallucination.

    The animations on this website are impressive. However, in my experience, closed-eye visuals tend to have a central focal point, along with folding or tunnel-like movements and recurring patterns.

    I feel deeply grateful for having had some psychedelic experiences, even though hallucinations are the least interesting aspect of them. For me, they acted as a magnifying glass for my overall state of being—allowing me to step outside myself and honestly assess how I feel. They also foster a deeper appreciation for nature.

    It would be fascinating to have this discussion within this community. These substances are often demonized due to a lack of understanding, yet they can have a profound impact. For instance, after taking a small dose of LSD, I completely lost interest in alcohol. In the past six months, I’ve only had three nights of drinking, lost a significant amount of weight, and feel fantastic.

  • Very cool animations, but they don't strike me as "psychedelic". A bit too smooth and unstructured.

  • Very similar to my favorite trip toy of the 90s… rock ‘star’ Todd Rundgren’s Flowfazer. Quite mesmerizing for toddlers, too.

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flowfazer/id507935335

  • I've heard this music somewhere before.... Telefon Tel Aviv I think? why isn't it credited?

  • Cool. But this literally crashed my phone. I've never seen anything like it. Was impressed really. Little nervous. But it locked my Brave browser first then it locked my entire phone. System UI and Android crashed. It recovered but wow. What a trip.

  • Very nice! Reminds me of something I built on Shadertoy a while back: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4ttGRf

  • Telefon tel aviv is nice, gfx is crap

  • This is so beautiful! The outputs are trippy and the music fits well.

    Nice work

  • I think AI tools like Stable Diffusion have a big potential.

    Something along the lines of what Nexxus 604 is doing.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6m3OvB819s

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s_Dtl1U9wU

  • I miss Winamp

  • I love these projects, I've been really passionate about including our own sensory inputs into the experience, whether it's voice, webcam input or (in the future health metrics) in order to tailor the experience to the experiencers' desires.

  • Long-running fractal zooms are really good for this purpose, e.g.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cgp2WNNKmQ

  • I really do appreciate the 90s, Video Toaster-esque[1] aesthetics

    [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Toaster

  • Thank you for reminding me about Telefon Tel Aviv.

  • this gave me an overwhelming sense of melancholy

  • I love it, it would be awesome if the controls could slowly and randomly adjust themselves so over time the images transition.

  • Any way to lerp transitions like Milkdrop does?

  • Is there a way to make it loop? (So that one only needs to record e.g. 20 seconds, after which it loops to save space)

  • So cool! Would love to be able to easily make it full screen (maybe I'm missing the button for that)

    Bookmarked

  • "...90's techno / Rave Posters..."

    This project speaks to me, thank you thank you thank you!

  • This is really nicely done. Kudos.

  • been tumbling down the old Cthugha and Milkdrop visualization rabbit hole recently, nice gfx and aesthetics on yours and it's always nice to see a fresh take on code

  • ah this takes me back. Thanks ;)

  • Do not take drugs! its bad for you

  • Personally, i don't like them at all. This grainy feel with a lot of dark/black colors etc. i would not use this while tripping.