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Niantic moves beyond games with AR platform and Campfire social network
Niantic made a name for itself in the mobile gaming industry through the enduring success of Pokémon Go . Now the company is hoping to become something else: a platform for other developers to build location-aware AR apps on top of.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/24/23138313/niantic-lightship-augmented-reality-ar-platform-social-network-gaming?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4
포켓몬고 "메타버스는 디스토피아의 악몽" 왜? - 더밀크
메타버스 열풍이 일어나고 있다. 페이스북은 새로운 사명을 선언하고 이름을 메타버스의 '메타'로 바꿨고, 마이크로소프트와 엔비디아도 메타버스 플랫폼을 구축하겠다고 밝혔다. 대부분의 기업이 메타버스 시장에 뛰어들고 있는데, 소프트웨어 개발사 나이언틱 최고경영자(CEO) 존 행키(John Hanke) 는 극대화된 메타버스 열풍에 대해 "그것이 우리가 구축하고 싶은 미래인가?"라며 브레이크를 걸었다. 나이언틱은 2016년 런칭한 포켓몬고를 통해 증강현실(AR) 기술을 대중에 알린 기업이다.
https://themiilk.com/articles/adc1f7b59/?utm_source=The+Miilk&utm_campaign=54efa6e60f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_14_10_48
See how far Pokémon Go creator Niantic's AR gaming ambitions have come
Pokémon Go developer Niantic has unveiled its latest tech demo showing off what it thinks could be the future of augmented reality gaming. The trailer, which apparently depicts "actual headset gameplay" shows a handful of players wearing AR glasses as they interact with shared virtual objects, including game elements as well as more practical virtual signage, while out and about.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/17/23463988/niantic-qualcomm-augmented-reality-glasses-ar2-gen-1-processor-platform-snapdragon-spaces
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