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New Deepfake AI Tool Brings Any Photo To Life And People Are Having Lots Of Fun With It (15 Examples)
The genealogy platform MyHeritage released a new AI-powered feature called Deep Nostalgia and it turns totally still photos into animated faces. Before someone asks, there’s no magic here. The tool uses pre-recorded videos of facial movements, selects the one that works best for the particular still photo, and applies it to create a “real-life” moving pic.
The idea behind Deep Nostalgia was to give people the opportunity to upload photos of their deceased relatives and revive them in animated short videos. And it seems like people on Twitter went crazy about the whole thing this Sunday, as everyone was excited to get their hands on the viral animator.
Not only did it deliver some very heartwarming impressions from those who saw their relatives coming to life once again, but it also became somewhat of a meme generator. It seems like pushing Deep Nostalgia to its very limit is the new big hit on social media, so let’s take a look at its most ingenuine applications.
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Deep Nostalgia by @MyHeritage is a lot of fun. Here are results by Time-Travel Rephotography x Deep Nostalgia.
— Xuan Luo (@XuanLuo14) February 27, 2021
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Beyonce
Old Relative
The mind-bending technology for animating photographs was licensed by MyHeritage from D-ID, a company that specializes in video reenactment using deep learning. The Deep Nostalgia feature uses several drivers prepared by MyHeritage. Each driver is a video consisting of a fixed sequence of movements and gestures.
According to the FAQ section on the MyHeritage website, Deep Nostalgia can very accurately apply the drivers to a face in your still photo, creating a short video that you can share with your friends and family.
It does so because the driver guides the movements in the animation, creating an illusion that the people in the photographs blink, smile, and turn their heads.
Mona Lisa
Now-Passed Mother In Law In Her Teens Is Adorable
Recently, MyHeritage’s Deep Nostalgia tool created a lot of buzz on social media. The PR representative for the technology told us that it generated 4 million images animated of users' loved ones in heartfelt memories, so far. However, the internet soon realized that pushing the feature to see its very capabilities is something equally as exciting as reviving old photographs.
For example, Rebecca Wragg Sykes, an Honorary Fellow at the University of Liverpool and author of the critically acclaimed bestseller “Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art” found Deep Nostalgia a perfect tool to create an animated Neanderthal reconstruction.
Bored Panda reached out to Rebecca to find out what she thinks of the AI tool’s potential to reimagine our ancient ancestors. “I'd seen the Deep Nostalgia tool being used for some early 20th century photographs, but it was when Adam Rutherford shared an animated version of the Cheddar Man reconstruction (a roughly 10,000-year-old human from Somerset, UK) that I got excited about the potential for doing this with a Neanderthal reconstruction.”
Frederick Douglass
Christiano Ronaldo Statue
Old Relative
George Washington
Hide The Pain Harold
Where did he get his teeth done. Those are not natural teeth surly
Thus, Rebecca used the 2012 reconstruction by the Kennis brothers of a Neanderthal from Spy Cave, Belgium, and she said she was hugely impressed. “It's one of the most emotionally engaging sculptures because of the way he's smiling (apparently originally based on Sean Connery's winning grin and twinkling eyes!).” Meanwhile, “The animation added so much more by giving the static expression life and nuance.”
When asked about applying such an advanced technology to imagining Neanderthals, Rebecca said that it’s already been done through art, “increasingly digital, such as the stunning work of Tom Björklund—for nearly 160 years.” She added that some 3D modelling has been done based on skulls, but this particular Deep Nostalgia algorithm generated a much stronger impression.
Nefertiti
I think she may be rethinking her choice in hubbys. That whole, "let's destroy our society and rebuild it in MY image thing" didn't age well..
it is terrible because this is how I imagine someone (most probably not of free will) woken up after thousands of years and still having the glamour but also a great confusion and pain inside
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A Great Grandma
Dynastic Statue
Great-Great Grandfather John Davis Kennedy In His Us Civil War Uniform
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
He's wondering if you can smell his farts... and really really wants to laugh.
Rasputin
“The public reaction to seeing this particular Neanderthal gazing back at us thanks to the Deep Nostalgia algorithm has been very powerful. It suggests that animating images helps people connect emotionally with lives of people living tens or hundreds of millennia ago,” the award-winning book author concluded.
Alan Turing
Marie Curie
Rosina Sky
Rosalind Franklin
According to Gilad Japhet, the founder and CEO of MyHeritage, “You’ll have a ‘wow moment’ when you see a treasured family photo come to life with Deep Nostalgia.”
“Seeing our beloved ancestors’ faces come to life in a video simulation lets us imagine how they might have been in reality, and provides a profound new way of connecting to our family history,” he added.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Plotting revenge on whomever owed him money, also thinks Rihanna looks good in all her videos.
One Of The Angels From South Leith Parish Church
I Got All Emotional Looking At It
A Great-Great Grandmother
Vincent Van Gogh
This one made me sad. He looks confused and uneasy about why he's suddenly being stared at.
Duala Manga Bell
Great-Grandmother
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon Bonaparte
Girl With A Pearl Earring
Arcimboldo's Feast For The Eyes
Charles Darwin
Why does it tell me to update my app and then forward me to the Apple store? I use android!
The ones of long-gone relatives are absolutely amazing. Deepfake technology has the potential to be used in very negative uses, so it's really nice to see some truly wonderful ideas for its use.
Though the technology does have potential to be used in bad ways, I think that makes it more important for it to be openly available as opposed to being given in secret to a select few.
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After a while you can predict when they will turn their head and/or tilt it and blink. No one blinks first.
they take a bit to load, they’ll come eventually
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Wow. Pretty creepy, but so fascinating and interesting at the same time!
As long as there isn't an odd expression (I'm looking at you, Beyonce) or a beard, they're pretty cool.
it's wonderful, but again, another product that is financially out of reach to the 'poor'...just a teaser, use your free 5 photo offer carefully!
First thing I thought when looking at all of them is they have a very puzzled look on their faces, as in "Where am I?" But it's pretty cool to see your ancestors brought back to "life" this way (and in color). I think it helps make someone in your family's past that you only saw in a picture more of the real person that they were. Puts more meaning in the words "family history".
My cousin sends me our grandma deepfake who died by Self-immolation, s**t I cant sleep since...f**k this s**t man...
"Please update your app to access this feature." How about you treat Android users with respect and update your app for us!
Pretty cool. Laughed at the odd-ball ones - Washington and Trophy guy. Thought about how amazing it would be seeing the photos of the relatives move around, makes it so much more dynamic
Why does it tell me to update my app and then forward me to the Apple store? I use android!
The ones of long-gone relatives are absolutely amazing. Deepfake technology has the potential to be used in very negative uses, so it's really nice to see some truly wonderful ideas for its use.
Though the technology does have potential to be used in bad ways, I think that makes it more important for it to be openly available as opposed to being given in secret to a select few.
Load More Replies... After a while you can predict when they will turn their head and/or tilt it and blink. No one blinks first.
they take a bit to load, they’ll come eventually
Load More Replies... Wow. Pretty creepy, but so fascinating and interesting at the same time!
As long as there isn't an odd expression (I'm looking at you, Beyonce) or a beard, they're pretty cool.
it's wonderful, but again, another product that is financially out of reach to the 'poor'...just a teaser, use your free 5 photo offer carefully!
First thing I thought when looking at all of them is they have a very puzzled look on their faces, as in "Where am I?" But it's pretty cool to see your ancestors brought back to "life" this way (and in color). I think it helps make someone in your family's past that you only saw in a picture more of the real person that they were. Puts more meaning in the words "family history".
My cousin sends me our grandma deepfake who died by Self-immolation, s**t I cant sleep since...f**k this s**t man...
"Please update your app to access this feature." How about you treat Android users with respect and update your app for us!
Pretty cool. Laughed at the odd-ball ones - Washington and Trophy guy. Thought about how amazing it would be seeing the photos of the relatives move around, makes it so much more dynamic
