Dubbed "Spotlight Stories," the new feature will be viewable on the YouTube app of an array of Android-powered smartphones. Designed by Google as a new form of storytelling, the immersive films allow users to drill down into sub-stories within their plot by moving their phone towards what they want to see. "The sensors on your phone allow the story to be interactive, so when you move your phone to various scenes, you unlock mini-stories within the story," technical project lead Rachid El Guerrab said in a blog post.



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