Modern technology with 16 letters: Augmented reality. The New York Times is now using it for a game on Instagram. The aim is to solve a crossword puzzle in augmented reality.
The New York Times is giving its daily crossword puzzle a modern twist. Together with Facebook's AR platform Spark, an augmented reality game called Shattered Crosswords was developed for the Times' Instagram account. Users can use augmented reality to place a small crossword puzzle on the floor in front of them. They are then presented with a clue. The answer to the clue appears in the air in front of them, but the letters are broken into several pieces.
Users can move around in real space to view the fragments from different angles or use the touch controls to rotate the fragments on the screen. When the user views the fragments from the correct angle, the pieces line up to form an answer, which is then inserted into the puzzle. The user can repeat this process to solve the remaining clues and complete the crossword puzzle.
This isn't the first AR effect the New York Times has used on Instagram. The Times' Instagram profile also features AR effects related to women's suffrage, the effectiveness of face masks and more.
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