Unlike Facebook birthday well-wishes or LinkedIn job anniversary reminders, which often still get sent out from the accounts of the deceased, the Future Messages technology was designed specifically with the user’s death in mind. Users can deposit things like pre-recorded videos, photos and other digital messages, along with instructions of when to share them and with whom after said user has passed.
The Memories platform, founded in 2014, gives its users a virtual place to remember their loved ones who have passed. Users can create digital memorial pages for a person, sort of like a headstone in a virtual cemetery. Users can share memories on a person’s digital memorial, like stories or photos, and send virtual condolences with things like digital flowers.
