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From [exploring the surface of the moon](http://www.time.com/apollo11) to the depths of the[ Amazon rain forest](http://www.time.com/amazon-ar), TIME Immersive extends TIME journalism into your living room, classroom or beyond with groundbreaking interactive visual storytelling. Download the app now, and experience TIME in a whole new way. (Available for [iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/time-immersive/id1457280646?mt=8) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.time.timeimmersive&e=-EnableAppDetailsPageRedesign) devices.) ## What is Augmented Reality? Augmented Reality (AR) uses an app on a device like a mobile phone or tablet to layer images, text or sound over the real world, sometimes in an interactive way. 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Using VR, TIME Immersive will give you a deeper look and first-person perspective on the news, history, and stories shaping our world today. ## TIME Immersive Stories: [ Inside the Amazon: The Dying Forest](http://www.time.com/amazon-ar) [Landing on the Moon](https://time.com/longform/apollo-11-moon-landing-immersive-experience/) **Contact us** at [TIMEImmersive@time.com](mailto:TIMEImmersive@time.com?subject=%28READER%20FEEDBACK%29%20TIME%20Immersive%20App). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5559939/time-immersive-app/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5559939/time-immersive-app/"},"headline":"Introducing TIME Immersive, a New Way to Experience TIME's Journalism","datePublished":"2019-07-18T10:00:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T23:09:34.386Z","description":"Experience TIME in a whole new way with the TIME Immersive app, which uses the power of virtual reality and augmented reality to bring stories to life.","url":"https://time.com/5559939/time-immersive-app/","keywords":["Space","augmented reality"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5559939/time-immersive-app/","name":"Introducing TIME Immersive, a New Way to Experience TIME's Journalism"}}]}] ```