DNA testing companies have been criticized over data privacy concerns before. The service is free, if you don’t mind a MyHeritage watermark on the bottom right-hand side of your now-moving image.Īlthough, free often does come with a price. Then it'll get to work bringing your old photo to life using pre-recorded movements and gestures. The service will automatically use its already-existing AI-powered photo tools to clean up your image. To use Deep Nostalgia, all you have to do is signup at the MyHeritage site and upload your photo. So, while you might wish to see grandpa strutting around town, it’ll still be pretty cool to see him look around and crack a smirk.
Also, the animations are limited to the head, face, and neck. For example, if there’s more than one person in an old photo, a user can only animate one individual. There are some limitations to the technology, though.
Here's an old photo that MyHeritage uploaded to its tool:Īnd here's what Deep Nostalgia was able to create:Īlthough, if it was an old photo of your deceased relative, one can also see how it can be at least a little bit weird. MyHeritage’s tool, however, uses D-ID’s deep learning technology to automatically animate old still images.Īnd the results are quite stunning. Deepfake technology has often been used to “teach” a computer to seamlessly swap the faces of two different people in a video. To create this completely automated tool, MyHeritage partnered with a company called D-ID, which has written an algorithm that creates these animated videos out of old images.
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MyHeritage, a family ancestry company that offers DNA testing much like 23andMe, has unveiled a new AI-powered tool called “ Deep Nostalgia.” The technology takes your old photos and animates the people in them, producing a full fledged moving picture kind of like the iPhone’s Live Photos. With our new Deep Nostalgia™, you can see how a person from an old photo could have moved and looked if they were captured on video! Read more: #RootsTech #RootsTechConnect /LERXhrqiut