These digitally altered images are one artist's vision of what today's most popular celebrities would look like in the year 2040.
The gallery includes stars who are young and fit now, like Paris Hilton, Angelina Jolie and Gwen Stefani, as seniors, complete with wrinkles and sagging skin.
Previously we've shown you one artist's interpretation of what old Hollywood celebrities who died young would look like if they were still alive today.
We've also shown you the results of a photo contest in which celebrities were put on digital diets.
These images were on the web but they weren't linked back to the original source, however, a Worth1000 contest is difficult to mistake. These come from their contest category, "Fountain of Age."
Digitally Aged Celebrities
Stars in 2040
Trend Themes
1. Digital Aging - Opportunity for companies to develop more advanced tools and techniques to digitally age celebrities or individuals for entertainment, advertising, or other purposes.
2. Virtual Nostalgia - Opportunity for industries to create virtual reality experiences that allow people to interact with digital representations of celebrities or loved ones from the past.
3. AI Imagery - Opportunity for companies to develop AI-generated imagery that can realistically represent individuals at different ages for applications in film, advertising, and more.
Industry Implications
1. Entertainment - Opportunity for the entertainment industry to utilize digitally aged celebrities in films and TV shows that require portraying the future or the past.
2. Advertising - Opportunity for companies to utilize digitally aged celebrities in advertisements, especially for anti-aging products.
3. Technology - Opportunity for companies in the technology industry to develop more advanced tools and techniques for digital aging and AI-generated imagery.