--- 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: 2026-04-13T08:51:35.145Z 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=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See TIME's 'Optimist' Issue in Augmented Reality ## 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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