TY - GEN
T1 - Time-Traveling Photos
T2 - 17th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2025, held as part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025
AU - Wong, Ka Po
AU - Teh, Pei Lee
AU - Lee, Shaun Wen Huey
AU - Lim, Weng Marc
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025/5
Y1 - 2025/5
N2 - This study explores how age-shifted photos influence health management intentions across different age groups. With rising healthcare costs and aging populations, proactive health management becomes increasingly important. Age-shifted photos, enabled by advances in computer vision and AI, offer a novel approach to encourage healthier choices by visualizing one’s future or past self. Through semi-structured interviews, 120 participants aged 28–84 years were randomly assigned to one of three groups: control, aged-progressed (young-to-old), and age-regressed (old-to-young) photos. Thematic analysis of interview data revealed distinct patterns in health management intentions across groups. Participants exposed to age-progressed photos emphasized mental health and lifestyle adaptations for aging, while those shown age-regressed photos focused on preventive measures to maintain independence. Interestingly, all groups expressed a strong interest in travel, suggesting a universal desire for engagement across age and health orientations. These findings demonstrate the potential of age-shifted photos as a technological intervention for promoting proactive health behaviors, though effectiveness varied, underscoring the importance of personalized approaches. Future implementations should address ethical considerations, assess long-term efficacy, integrate complementary techniques, and adapt to diverse cultural contexts to ensure responsible, impactful health promotion.
AB - This study explores how age-shifted photos influence health management intentions across different age groups. With rising healthcare costs and aging populations, proactive health management becomes increasingly important. Age-shifted photos, enabled by advances in computer vision and AI, offer a novel approach to encourage healthier choices by visualizing one’s future or past self. Through semi-structured interviews, 120 participants aged 28–84 years were randomly assigned to one of three groups: control, aged-progressed (young-to-old), and age-regressed (old-to-young) photos. Thematic analysis of interview data revealed distinct patterns in health management intentions across groups. Participants exposed to age-progressed photos emphasized mental health and lifestyle adaptations for aging, while those shown age-regressed photos focused on preventive measures to maintain independence. Interestingly, all groups expressed a strong interest in travel, suggesting a universal desire for engagement across age and health orientations. These findings demonstrate the potential of age-shifted photos as a technological intervention for promoting proactive health behaviors, though effectiveness varied, underscoring the importance of personalized approaches. Future implementations should address ethical considerations, assess long-term efficacy, integrate complementary techniques, and adapt to diverse cultural contexts to ensure responsible, impactful health promotion.
KW - Age-shifted photos
KW - Health management
KW - Health promotion
KW - Independence
KW - Mental health
KW - Technological intervention
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105008495974
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-93730-9_17
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-93730-9_17
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
AN - SCOPUS:105008495974
SN - 9783031937293
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
SP - 243
EP - 254
BT - Cross-Cultural Design - 17th International Conference, CCD 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings
A2 - Rau, Pei-Luen Patrick
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 22 June 2025 through 27 June 2025
ER -
