Poverty - focused street magazine The Big Issue has integrated augmented reality ( AR ) technology into its publication as a way to show the extent of homelessness in the UK . Readers will now have the choice to download the magazine 's app on their smartphone and , by using AR icons in the magazine 's articles , the images come to life . The first AR issue features the words of Big Issue vendor Anne Warke , who took to the technology after losing her job . The innovative new approach, which launches today, includes augmented reality It is thought that the bi - monthly AR stories will help to demonstrate the extent of homelessness and how the system fails these people .
Poverty - focused street magazine The Big Issue has integrated augmented reality ( AR ) technology into its publication as a way to show the extent of homelessness in the UK . Readers will now have the choice to download the magazine 's app on their smartphone and , by using AR icons in the magazine 's articles , the images come to life . The first AR issue features the words of Big Issue vendor Anne Warke , who took to the technology after losing her job . It is thought that the bi - monthly AR stories will help to demonstrate the extent of homelessness and how the system fails these people .