New York Times Adds AR to Its Coverage in Time for Winter Olympics

After devoting a number of resources toward developing VR content to modernize the delivery of its news content in recent years, The New York Times is expanding its capabilities to include augmented reality as well, a mission outlined in a manifesto published on Thursday. Through an ARKit update to its iOS app, the publication will begin splicing AR content into its news stories. The publication promises that Android support is "coming soon." As a sample, the aforementioned manifesto, as displayed in the mobile app, now features a hologram of an honor box that readers can view through their... more



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