NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. KING: So who would you want blinking and smiling at you?Ĭopyright © 2021 NPR. So whatever gets them using it, we're happy. And I think it's also been applied in quite creative ways, as you sometimes only see on social media. MENDELSOHN: I don't think I've seen "Mona Lisa" in quite the same way. One user animated Michelangelo's famous statue, "David." Somebody else brought a terrified face to life on a movie poster of "A Nightmare On Elm Street." And others couldn't resist using famous paintings. INSKEEP: Or just a gateway into zaniness. And that sparks of conversation and being the gateway into family history. They're trying to find those images in their basement, you know, in storage. And so people are contacting their family members. But on a very initial level, when we see our users interacting with it, we often see the response of, I need to get more images. KING: People on social media testify it's amazing. MENDELSOHN: What it does is it really brings your ancestors to life in a kind of really wow moment. Rafi Mendelsohn is with and says Deep Nostalgia has had nearly 5 million users in its first five days. And it, you know, pretty much looks like a normal person as they're posing for an image. ![]() It enables the head to move from side to side. You upload a picture, and AI software breathes life into the image. MyHeritage says it's worth noting that this feature is only intended for use with images of your deceased relatives, not living ones in the interest of privacy and personal safety.ĭeep Nostalgia is a feature that's free to use for the first few animated images.A new feature on a genealogy website can bring pictures of your ancestors to life. The genealogy company hopes this spurs people's interest in family history and inspires them to dig a bit deeper into their own ancestors. "I think the response that we’ve seen on social media is exactly as we intended for the future to be, to be one of discovery, one of interest and excitement about history and our family history," said Mendelsohn. ![]() Some people have even used the technology to on statues and paintings before uploading them to social media. "The combination of all those different technologies are all happening within a couple of seconds when you upload the image," MyHeritage director of public relations Rafi Mendelsohn said. It's essentially a video recording of a person that's turned into an animation, which is then placed underneath your uploaded image and blended together almost seamlessly. It uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning to combine your uploaded image with something called a driver. There are 10 animation options to choose from, and each one has slightly different gestures programmed into it. Within a few seconds, your results appear on the screen of your smartphone or your computer and it shows your ancestors from a still image moving their head from side-to-side, smiling at you, and even blinking at you. It lets you animate pictures uploaded via the MyHeritage Apple or Google app or their website. ![]() LEHI, Utah - We're now able to get a glimpse of what our ancestors were like using a tool called "Deep Nostalgia."
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