| Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2024-335.02 |
| Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| Me²: Co-designing deepfake encounters with one’s child self in XR
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| Publication year: | 2026
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URL:
| https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799394
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| Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
Mental-health interventions often rely on imaginary self-dialogues. However, sustaining mental imagery can be a barrier for some people. XR approaches to overcome this often involve complex technical efforts to personalize content, which might hinder clinical adoption. Here, we present Me², a deepfake-enabled XR system that requires only a single childhood photograph to support encounters with one’s younger self: enabling users to verbally and tactilely comfort a hyperrealistic, emotionally expressive child replica, and subsequently switch perspectives to receive that comfort themselves. We report on a co-design process with psychotherapists, a multidisciplinary team, and naive participants, describing emerging technology and study protocols highlighting trade-offs between clinical efficacy and adoption feasibility. The final design incorporates minimal haptic feedback solution and control over emotional expressions, resulting in feelings of embodiment, emotional engagement and increased self-compassion in naïve participants.
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| Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Frund, R. L.
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Secondary author(s):
| Zybinska, P., Wiesendanger, J., Brandenberger, D., Márquez Segura, E., Rühlmann, C., Kivelitz, L., Kleim, B., Lenggenhager, B., Lesur, M. R.
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Document type:
| Conference paper
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Frund, R. L., Zybinska, P., Wiesendanger, J., Brandenberger, D., Márquez Segura, E., Rühlmann, C., Kivelitz, L., Kleim, B., Lenggenhager, B., & Lesur, M. R. (2026). Me²: Co-designing deepfake encounters with one’s child self in XR. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Article 465, pp. 1–7). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799394
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| Indexed document: | No
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| Keywords: | Self-dialogue / Self-compassion / Embodiment / Extended reality / Counseling / Psychotherapy / Deepfakes
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Me²: Co-designing deepfake encounters with one’s child self in XR |