Choose a place. Choose a time. See what it might have looked like.
Lookback turns any place and any year into a look: an AI-interpreted image, with the history read out beside it and the sources it was read from.
Kyoto, 1600 · Morning
Three choices, one look.
How it worksFind a place
Search a city or a landmark, or drop a pin anywhere on the map. Curated starts are there when you want a nudge.
Set the time
Any year from 1000 BCE to today, and the hour of the day. The ruler keeps every era you have looked at.
Look back
An image in seconds. Read the moment beside it, compare eras, download, or make a short film.
Interpretations, not photographs.
A look is what a place might have looked like, imagined from what is known. It is never a recovered picture, and Lookback never pretends otherwise.
- Every look is an interpretation, and says so: the note tells you what is documented and what is imagined.
- The note beside it cites the sources it was read from, and says so when none were found.
- Details you can open are marked when the object is illustrative rather than documented.
Turn a look into a short film.
Fifteen or thirty seconds, built from a few generated shots with ambient sound. It renders in the background and lands in your library.
Pay for looks, not a subscription.
PricingOne image with its documentary note and up to three details. Rereading is free.
Or 160 credits for 30 seconds. A film that fails refunds itself.
Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link or a card. One-time, no renewal.
100 welcome credits when you sign in, no card needed. Browsing, comparing and downloading what you have already made is always free.