Can Pokemon Go-style AR & the iPhone 8 help save the old world?
http://www.techradar.com/news/can-pokemon-go-style-ar-the-iphone-8-help-save-the-old-world
This Noah’s Ark contains not beasts, but bytes. With archaeologists and conservationists increasingly nervous about the threats from war, natural disasters and tourism to the world's most famous cultural sites, armies of 3D scanners, drones and cameras are out in the field.
Digital preservation has also become the buzzword in museums and exhibitions, and the end result is something essential, but also exciting; 3D virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences for all. They could one day be the only traces left we have of ancient sites because history is under threat.