The BBC is launching an augmented reality ( AR ) app that will recreate historical images on users ' phones . It has been designed to accompany the Beeb 's new series Civilisation – a successor to the 1969 original written and presented by Sir Kenneth Clark – which will explore significant architecture , artworks and history . The app will enable users to view such things as Rodin 's " The Fountain " and an Egyptian mummy , as well as see virtual recreations of what sculptures would have looked like when they were first created .
The BBC is launching an augmented reality (AR) app that will recreate historical artefacts on users' phones. It has been designed to accompany the Beeb's new series Civilisation – a successor to the 1969 original written and presented by Sir Kenneth Clark – which will explore significant architecture, artworks and artefacts. The app will enable users to explore such things as Rodin's "The Kiss" and an Egyptian mummy, as well as see virtual recreations of what sculptures would have looked like when they were first created.