Have you ever imagined what you might have looked like as a billionaire in America during the gold rush? You may now get your historic selfie taken. You just need to click once.

Ever wondered what you would've looked like if you were alive during ancient Greek times or were reborn as a nineteenth century Arctic explorer? A new app called AI Time Machine by DNA analysis company MyHeritage is taking the internet by storm, allowing anybody to generate pixel-perfect renditions of their faces in the style of different historical periods. "Using AI Time Machine, you can see yourself as an Egyptian pharaoh, a medieval knight, a 19th-century lord or lady, an astronaut, and much more, in just a few clicks," the company writes on its website. No wonder MyHeritage has a hit on its hands. Somewhat inevitably, after a period of reflection I have decided that once I submit my three contracted books I am leaving academia to become a nineteenth century Arctic Explorer.

It's all very well thinking about what Henry VIII or Tutankhamun would look like if you could yank them into the modern day – but what about going the other way? What would it look like if you hopped into a time machine and met them on their own turf? A new AI tool from online genealogy platform MyHeritage, in collaboration with AI image generation specialists Astria, promises to do just that. Well, not the actual time machine part – that would be much bigger news – but it does at least allow you to see what you might have looked like a few hundred years ago. "Over the past 3 years we released many successful features that use the power of AI to bring historical photos to life," said Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO of MyHeritage, in a statement.

MailOnline has tried out'AI Time Machine', an online tool that can transform you into a Viking, a Greek warrior, an Egyptian pharaoh or even a 1960s hippy. The new feature from MyHeritage reimagines any adult as if they were from another historical era, simply using a small sample of uploaded photos. The science team fed photos of James Corden, Piers Morgan and Drew Barrymore into the tool – and got some rather hilarious results. Corden looks well-groomed and ready for battle in his Viking clobber, while Morgan makes a real mean-looking bandit from the Wild West. Piers Morgan appears here as a Roman empire legionary.

AI Time Machine is a new tool that allows users to create images of a person in different time periods throughout history using AI-image generator technology. Genealogy website MyHeritage announced the new feature that's based on the image synthesizer model Stable Diffusion and technology licensed from Astria, a company that tailer-makes AI image generation. The app, available on desktop and mobile web browsers, asks the user to upload 10 to 25 photos of the same individual taken from different angles. A model is then made of the individual that can be cast into predefined themes set in different historical eras. The person can then see themselves as an ancient Greek warrior, an Egyptian pharaoh, a medieval knight, a Victorian lady, or a hippie from the 1960s.

If you've ever wondered what you would have looked like as a Viking, a Roman warrior or a medieval knight, look no further. Genealogy website MyHeritage has released'AI Time Machine', an online tool that can reimagine you as if you were from another historical era. The new AI tool, available on desktop and mobile web browser, turns personal photos from your phone or computer into'hyper-realistic' images. Anyone can see themselves as an ancient Greek warrior, an Egyptian pharaoh, a medieval knight, a Victorian lady, a hippie from the 1960s and much more. Here, AI Time Machine user'Nathan' appears reimagined as an Egyptian pharaoh, a Viking, a Roman army general and more.