A Memory of My Dreams : Vivid but Strange Dream

2026

Software: Nano Banana, Veo, TouchDesigner, Claude

 A Memory of My Dreams is an immersive and interactive installation prototype that translates the surreal fluidity of personal dreams into a digital landscape. This project bridges generative art and interaction, creating a responsive environment where viewers can explore a "vivid but strange" dreamscape.


The Process : Bringing the Dream to Life


Ideation & World-Building: 
Defined the core concept of "vivid but strange dreams," aiming to evoke "beautiful confusion" through hyper-realistic but physically impossible forms. 
 
AI-Driven Asset Generation: 
Utilized generative AI tools like Nano Banana and Kling to create and animate surreal, soft-body 3D elements.

Virtual Prototyping: 
Built a digital simulation environment in TouchDesigner to test mapping 2D AI-generated videos onto 3D spherical geometries.

Risk Assessment & Experimentation: 
Identified critical visual distortions—such as polar seams and texture pinching—when attempting a full 360° projection of complex AI textures.

Strategic Pivot:
Shifted the physical installation design from a full floating sphere to a wall-mounted hemisphere,
which successfully maximized visual resolution and simplified real-time camera tracking
.

Interactive Programming: 
Integrated the system with TouchDesigner to allow the surreal environment to react dynamically in response to the audience's physical presence. 


Generated image using Nano Banana


Prompt : A sprawling, highly detailed psychedelic dreamscape merging deep-sea bioluminescence with cosmic surrealism. The landscape is filled with glowing, coral-like flora, skeletal alien trees, and crystalline structures under a vibrant sky packed with floating planets, nebulas, and a radiant, textured sun. The art style utilizes intricate stippling and pointillism, creating a dense, sparkling texture throughout. The color palette is a rich tapestry of neon purples, soft pinks, electric cyans, and golden yellows. Features include a giant mystical hand emerging from the clouds, hidden creatures within dark caves, and a sense of infinite, whimsical detail in a flat yet layered composition.


Generated video using Veo


Prompt : A slow, immersive camera zoom into the psychedelic pointillist dreamscape. Radiant beams of light pulse and emanate from the central sun, casting a shimmering glow over the bioluminescent coral flora and skeletal trees. Subtle, ethereal movement in the clouds and the giant mystical hand, with a constant sparkling and twinkling effect across the stippled textures. The vibrant neon color palette remains vivid as the scene gently comes to life.


TouchDesigner WIP :
Creating and deforming custom 3D geometries to match the generated video assets.  The setup integrates MediaPipe for real-time hand-tracking interactivity and utilizes Kantan Mapper to prepare the final output for precise hemisphere projection.



The Memory of my Dreams : Splash Website

I utilized Claude and Gemini to create a dedicated splash page, allowing viewers to encounter 
the core atmosphere of the installation within a single, immersive web interface.






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Updated 2026.04