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An aged portrait made from your selfie in seconds.
Pension research at Maastricht University
Meet the person you are saving for
See4YourFutureSelf lets people see, hear and talk to their own older self. We study whether that encounter helps people engage with their pension today.
PictureLive filterAged voiceVideoPhone callAvatar dialogue
What it is about
Your future self should not feel like a stranger
Saving for retirement means giving something up now for a person you will be decades from now. For many people that person feels like a stranger. Researchers call the felt connection between your present and future self future self-continuity. People who feel more connected to their future self tend to be more patient and save more.
See4YourFutureSelf turns one selfie and a short voice recording into an older version of you. We test which way of meeting that older self strengthens the connection most, why it works, and whether it moves people to act on their pension.
Joana Fernandes Duhamel introduces See4YourFutureSelfVideo by Instituut Gak · opens on YouTube
The tool
Six ways to meet your future self
From a single portrait to a live conversation. Each format adds sound, movement or interaction, so we can see what makes a future self feel real.
Live filter
Your webcam becomes a mirror, and the older face follows every move you make.
Aged voice
Your own voice, cloned and aged, speaks to you.
Video
Your aged face speaks with your aged voice, lip-synced.
Phone call
A live spoken conversation with your future self.
Avatar dialogue
The same conversation, face to face with an animated older you.
Built responsibly
Private by design
Your data stays here
The AI runs on the project's own server. Photos and voices are never used to train models.
GDPR and EU AI Act compliant
The tool complies with the General Data Protection Regulation and the EU AI Act.