Luma AI’s Ray 2: Text-to-Video Tool Now on Amazon Cloud

Rahul Somvanshi

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Luma AI Ray 2 Text to Video Generation Model. Photo Source: Amazon

Amazon has started offering Luma AI’s new video creation tool, Ray 2, through its cloud service. The tool can turn written descriptions into short videos that look surprisingly real.

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“This is a new frontier in video creation,” says Luma AI in their announcement. The company made Ray 2 ten times more powerful than their previous version to create more realistic movements and clearer picture quality.

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Ray 2 currently makes videos that are 5-9 seconds long. Early tests show it’s enough time to capture everything from a whale swimming through space to a close-up of a bee pollinating flowers. The videos come in two quality levels – 540p and 720p.

Testing reveals both strengths and challenges. “The motion was spot on,” notes one expert reviewer about a test creating knife-slicing scenes. The tool excels at showing natural movements, especially with animals. The source notes that during testing, about half of the attempted prompts successfully generated videos.

A miniature baby cat is walking and exploring on the surface of a fingertip. Photo Source: Amazon

Ray 2 faces competition from other AI video tools. OpenAI’s Sora and Runway’s Gen-2 offer different capabilities, while Google’s Veo 2 has shown strength in specific tasks like knife skills demonstrations.

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For people wanting to try Ray 2, Luma offers different options:

  • A free version that makes basic quality videos
  • A $66.49 monthly subscription for better quality and unlimited use
  • Access through Amazon’s cloud platform for developers

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To encourage people to use Ray 2, Luma is running a contest with $7,000 in prizes, including $5,000 for the most-viewed video on social media.

Luma plans to add more features soon, like turning photos into videos and tools for editing. While Ray 2 isn’t perfect – sometimes creating odd movements or visual glitches – it shows how quickly AI video technology is improving. Just two years ago, creating realistic-looking videos from text descriptions seemed impossible. Now several companies offer this capability, making it easier for anyone to bring their creative ideas to life.

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