KAERLI scroll-scrub video preview

For comparison · Path A panorama (the horizontal pan that felt flat)

Stitched from 2 Imagen 3 frames. Plays automatically here so you can compare it to the dolly-in above. The dolly above feels 3D because the camera physically pushes through the scene; this one just slides sideways across a flat panorama.

How the scroll-scrub works (this is what would be wired into KAERLI)

The section above is 380vh tall. As you scroll through it, the dolly video's currentTime is mapped 1:1 to your scroll progress through the section. Top of section = video at 0s (wide room shot). Bottom of section = video at 8s (close-up on KAERLI engraving). Same pattern KAERLI already uses for the existing bottle-cinema, just with a Veo video instead of a 150-frame WebP sequence.

What was generated

Model: veo-3.1-generate-001 (full quality, not Fast)
Duration: 8s · 24fps · 1280×720
First frame anchor: the wide atelier shot (pano_CENTER from Path A)
Last frame anchor: the Blender amber-bottle render with KAERLI engraving
Prompt: pure forward dolly through dark atmospheric space, layered smoke for depth

Cost actual

8 sec × $0.50 = $4.00. First attempt errored (missing first-frame param), no charge. Second attempt landed clean — no retries needed.