--- title: Bill Gates' TIME Optimist Issue in Augmented Reality description: With special features created with Bill Gates and Bono canonical: https://time.com/5084021/optimism-ar/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-04T10:00:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:31.087Z article:section: Press Room og:title: Experience the first augmented reality issue of TIME og:description: With special features created with Bill Gates and Bono og:url: https://time.com/5084021/optimism-ar/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt948d6edc372656f3/6988f702cf40a858dfc4acdf/gates-cover-ar-mock1.jpg?branch=production&width=1120&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1120 og:image:height: 630 og:image:alt: Bill Gates Cover AR og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Experience the first augmented reality issue of TIME twitter:description: With special features created with Bill Gates and Bono twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt948d6edc372656f3/6988f702cf40a858dfc4acdf/gates-cover-ar-mock1.jpg?branch=production&width=1120&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See TIME's 'Optimist' Issue in Augmented Reality > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ## Video: Closing the Gender Gap in Education [Watch (HLS stream): Closing the Gender Gap in Education](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/apildNWs.m3u8) (2:06)  _Published 2018-01-04. This week, pick up a copy of TIME’s first augmented reality-enhanced issue on Optimism, guest edited by Bill Gates. Throughout the issue, you’ll find special AR experiences—from behind-the-scenes videos, to infographics and animations._ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 4, 2018 10:00 AM UTC  Photo Illustration by Mia Tramz for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 4, 2018 10:00 AM UTC On Friday, Jan. 5, you can pick up a copy of TIME’s first augmented reality-enhanced issue, guest edited by Bill Gates. Throughout the issue, you’ll find special AR experiences powered by RYOT Lab, including behind-the-scenes videos, infographics and animations. The cover features an animation narrated by Gates which tells the story of [Mohamad Nasir, an Ethiopian boy, who Gates first met shortly after Mohamad’s birth in 2012](http://time.com/5071035/meet-the-five-year-old-boy-bill-gates-put-on-the-cover-of-time). Mohamad’s fifth birthday should be a cause of celebration for many as it exemplifies the improving child survival rates in Ethiopia and throughout the world. “Child mortality is a a good measure for overall well-being; it’s also a leading indicator of progress,” Gates says. “What is more fundamental than keeping children alive so they can thrive and build the future?” _See a video of the AR cover feature below._ [The Jan. 15 issue](http://time.com/the-optimists) also features an animated AR infographic created with Bono, the lead singer of U2 and co-founder of [ONE](http://bit.ly/2CFAMlM) and [(RED)](https://red.org/), on the [importance of closing the gender gap in education](http://bit.ly/2CBLkme). Inspired by drawings created by Bono, the infographic shows how wide the gap is between boys and girls education, and what would happen if that gap was closed. _See a video of the AR infographic below._ To watch these and the rest of the AR features in the magazine at home, download the LIFE VR app for [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1145044328) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timeinc.life.lifevr) for free, click the ‘Enable AR’ button at the bottom of the app’s screen, hover over the AR enabled pages and watch them come to life! 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