Time’s mixed reality app takes you inside the Amazon rainforest

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The experience also features voice-over by world-renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, who’ll talk about the forces driving deforestation, the stories of those fighting it and those who have the most to lose from it. (The last one probably includes all of humanity.) In addition, it features a spatial sound system to go with its immersive visuals.

The launch of Time’s AR experience goes hand-in-hand with the release of a special issue on the climate crisis. It includes a piece by Sandy that discusses how the largest and most biodiverse rainforest in the world has reached a tipping point wherein it could turn into a savanna. Wildfires, mostly blamed on clearing space for agriculture, are currently burning through the Amazon at a higher intensity and more frequency than in the past. There’s been a global outrage over the alarming of number forest fires these past months: Amazon, after all, is the world’s largest carbon dioxide sink and helps prevent the planet from overheating.

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