Product 03 · Historical Time Journeys

Time
Travel

AI transports visitors into past eras — as a person of their time, at a place they know and recognise. History up close and personal.

How it works Features Locations Eras Tech Inquiry
3 eras
Historical time journeys
4–8s
AI generation time
100%
Location-specific
1×
Service check daily

A journey into
the past

Time Travel uses AI to transport visitors into historical eras — fully transformed with period clothing, matching light and a real local background from the respective era. Visitors recognise their location — just from a different time.

The background always shows a real, recognisable place at the location — the street, the building, the square — in the style of the chosen era. That makes every image unique and locally anchored.

01

Choose an era

On the touchscreen the visitor selects from three historical eras — GDR, Roaring Twenties or Imperial Age. Each era is linked to the local place of the location.

02

Step in front of the camera

The visitor steps into the marked position. The AI captures body, face and posture automatically.

03

AI transforms into the past

In 4–8 seconds the AI dresses the visitor in period clothing and places them in a historical scene of the local place — authentic, detailed, recognisable.

04

Pay and share

Payment by card or NFC. The finished historical portrait arrives via QR code on the smartphone — instantly shareable.

Features & Benefits

Real place, different time

The background always shows a recognisable place at the location — the local street, the familiar building — just in the style of the chosen era. That creates emotional connection.

Full AI transformation

Clothing, hairstyle, light and background are fully adjusted by the AI — not a superimposed filter, but a genuine historical portrait in photographer quality.

Identical hardware

Runs on the same hardware as all other CosmoProducts booths. For existing operators: a pure content upgrade without new investment in devices.

Strong target audience breadth

GDR appeals to eastern German places and older audiences. Roaring Twenties and Imperial Age appeal to city history enthusiasts and tourists. Three eras — three target groups.

Highly viral potential

High-quality historical selfies are widely shared on social media — especially when the background is a well-known local place. Organic reach for the location.

Outdoor screen with historical impact

The 43" outdoor screen shows continuous historical transformations — the unusual imagery draws passers-by from a distance and explains the product without text.

Where history
comes alive

Time Travel works particularly strongly at places with historical identity — where visitors have or want to develop a connection to the past of the place.

Christmas Markets

Historical eras fit perfectly with the nostalgic Christmas market atmosphere. GDR theme particularly strong at eastern German markets.

DresdenBerlinLeipzigErfurt

Old Towns & Tourism Destinations

Cities with well-preserved historic architecture benefit particularly — Roaring Twenties and Imperial Age suit Wilhelminian-era buildings.

Old TownWilhelminianHistoric Centres

Museums & Cultural Venues

Historical transformations as interactive cultural offering — ideal as a complement to city museums, history trails and memorial sites.

City MuseumsMemorialsCultural Centres

Tourism Promenades

Piers and coastal places with a long history — Imperial-era seaside resorts offer strong historical backdrops for the era transformation.

HeringsdorfBinzHistoric Seaside Resorts

Jeder Standort bekommt
sein eigenes Thema

Each era is produced with the real local background of the location — visitors do not travel to a foreign city, but into the history of their own place.

1950–1989

GDR

Visitors appear in typical GDR clothing in front of a historical view of the local place from GDR times — Trabant, Konsum, apartment blocks. Nostalgia meets recognition value.

1920–1933

Roaring Twenties

Top hat, tailcoat, Charleston dress — visitors appear in the elegant style of the Roaring Twenties in front of a historical shot of the local place. Black-and-white aesthetic with dramatic light.

1871–1918

Imperial Age

Wilhelminian elegance around 1900 — frock coat, corset, hat — in front of a historical Wilhelminian-era view of the local place. Sepia tonality, Art Nouveau atmosphere.

Same hardware —
different era

Time Travel runs on the same hardware as all other CosmoProducts booths. The appearance of the booth itself is adapted to the era — historically inspired exterior design, matching colours.

The historical backgrounds are produced location-specifically before the season — real historical shots of the place as basis, AI-processed for the transformation.

Outdoor screen 43" outdoor, weather-protected
Camera 4K, optimised for low light
Processor RTX 3080 GPU (fully offline)
AI generation 4–8 seconds, local, no cloud
Eras GDR · Roaring Twenties · Imperial Age
Payment Card, NFC, contactless
Image output QR code digital + instant print
Floor space approx. 4–6 m²
Operation Fully autonomous
Content basis Historical location shots, location-specific

Time Travel for
your location?

We show you which historical eras can be produced for your location — with example images, local concept and revenue estimate.