Music / NewsMusic / NewsThe David Bowie Is exhibition is being turned into an augmented reality appThe app comes out on January 8 – which would have been the musician’s 72nd birthdayShareLink copied ✔️November 21, 2018November 21, 2018TextSelim Bulut The David Bowie Is exhibition ended earlier this year after a five-year tour that took place over 12 cities and drew in over two million people. But if you weren’t able to see the exhibition IRL, don’t fret – Bowie’s personal archives will be viewable in a new augmented reality mobile app. The David Bowie Is app will give fans access to the archive of costumes, music videos, handwritten lyrics, and original artworks that were originally featured in the collection. Not only that, there will also be nearly 60 items that were never shown in the original exhibition. The app was first announced in June, but is now officially due to launch on iOS and Android on January 8 next year – which would have been Bowie’s 72nd birthday. A press release explains that the app “mirrors the physical exhibition through a sequence of audio-visual spaces through which the works and artifacts of Bowie’s life can be explored”. These will be presented in 3D, 360-degree renderings with features that offer insights into each piece as well as music and narration in seven languages. A fully immersive virtual reality version of the collection will be due later in 2019. The app is being developed by the David Bowie Archive and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., who hosted the exhibition in Tokyo last year. The New York-based Planeta studio designed and developed the augmented and virtual reality interpretations, basing them off the exhibition’s first installation at London’s V&A museum in 2013. Watch a behind-the-scenes video of the exhibition below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREPop dreamer Gabriela Richardson shares her internet obsessionsWhat’s poppin’? Two Shell meet Jack Harlow at London’s PhonoxPull&BearKaroline Vitto: ‘I just wanted people to start feeling a bit hopeful’The rise of North West in 5 tracksThe Moment: How A.G. Cook turned Brat summer into a nightmareWinter Olympics 2026: Ranking the best music from the figure skating eventsEverything we know about Beyoncé’s rumoured rock eraI(nterne)t girl duo Mgna Crrrta share their pop culture picksThe stop-motion Lego chat show starring all your favourite artistsRap music isn’t dead – it’s evolvingThe Moment: 6 times musicians made their own filmsBerlin: Is the party finally over?Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy