In the latest installment in its burgeoning augmented reality journalism practice, The New York Times is bringing its readers closer to Mars and NASA’s latest spacecraft set to travel to the red planet.
When reading the article through the NY Times app for iOS or Android on devices running ARKit or ARCore, users see two global augmented reality views of Mars, one that shows where various NASA landers have previously touched down on the planet, and another that maps where water may have flowed on the planet in the past.
The article also features a 3D model of the InSight lander, which will… more
Source: New York Times Hitchhikes on NASA’s Mission to Mars via Augmented Reality