Russia: New educational app launched to compete with Pokemon Go

Moscow city hall has developed a new app that helps users learn the history of the city, as demonstrated by Sergei Shakryl from the Moscow City Council IT Department in Moscow on Wednesday.
"The application Learn Moscow Photo was created first of all for drawing people's attention to the historical and cultural past of our city through augmented reality and making photos with historical characters which are connected with our city," he said.
The app is designed to compete with Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game which allows users to interact with their surroundings and city landmarks.
"Technologically the application Learn Moscow Photo works on the basis of augmented reality, when a particular tag, where you are, is created, and when you direct your phone to this tag, something happens on its screen," explained CEO of development company Notamedia Company Maxim Malyshev.