Come face to face with your future self at SG60 exhibition

Visitors can watch a personalised trailer based on their background, interests

- Chin Soo Fang

Visitors to an upcoming exhibition will be able to see themselves living, working and playing in an envisioned future Singapore. They can also hold a conversation with their future selves in the immersive showcase, which starts on Aug 26.

The SG60 Heart&Soul Experience at Orchard Library will be able to work this magic through a dataset that took in future plans for the city-state from more than 110 partners, such as the Forward Singapore blueprint and the Singapore Green Plan 2030.

A human team then created 125 character archetypes and 2,500 "scenes" from the data, which generative artificial intelligence (AI) will help turn into a unique narrative for each visitor, based on the individual's background and interests.

For instance, someone keen on the outdoors may see a future of himself doing something related to sustainability or solar panels.

The linchpin of the exhibition is Windows In The Sky, a segment where visitors can watch a personalised 25-second trailer of themselves in a future Singapore on a wraparound, floor-to-ceiling screen.

The national exhibition, which marks Singapore's 60th year of independence, is jointly developed by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information and National Library Board (NLB), and created by the team behind The Bicentennial Experience in 2019 and the SG50 Future of Us exhibition in 2015.