Pokemon Go Maker Niantic Is Building a Massive Social AR Gaming Network

Niantic, creator of Pokemon Go, joins a trend with its newest initiative for crowdsourcing real-world location-scanning using phones. The news, announced at Niantic’s first developer conference for its AR-based Lightship platform this week, is another step toward the company’s goal of linking its various games and apps into a common social platform, creating “reality channels” that will work with future smart glasses. .

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