David Attenborough-voiced AR app lets you fill your home with extinct animals

Seeing a saber-toothed tiger on your TV screen is all very well and good, but what about sitting next to one on the couch?

A new David Attenborough-fronted app, Museum Alive, aims to let you do exactly that, using AR technology to turn your home environment into a prehistoric history lesson.

The app, available on iOS only so far, is an extension of Attenborough's 2014 documentary Natural History Museum Alive, which saw the legendary naturalist walking through the London museum while CGI skeletons sprang to life around himMuseum Alive follows in this tradition on a smaller scale, using animated 3D models to conjure up miniature habitats that can be viewed through your smartphone's camera. Read more...