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6 years

Using computer vision and deep learning we are able to develop techniques to understand 3D space enabling much more realistic AR interactions than are currently possible. Check out the following AR occlusion video to see just how we're doing that. #NianticAR

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At Innovation Tokyo 2018, we utilized VR, visual cues, and haptic feedback to create an experience where attendees were able to climb on top of a virtual #PokemonGO Gym.

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Using a smartphone paired with unique directional open-ear headphones, attendees were able to use directional audio to vector in on nearby Pokémon cries and eventually to capture them, all without relying on a visual guide. [2/2]

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Through our Mori Garden exhibit at Innovation Tokyo 2018, we demonstrated how augmented audio reality can alter one’s perception of public space. In this exhibit, we invited attendees to wander through a Japanese garden, searching for elusive Pokémon by sound alone. [1/2]

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With our Niantic Real World Platform, developers can build beautiful multiplayer AR experiences! Codename: Tonehenge is a multiplayer AR puzzle that we've been building to show how multiple players can interact with digital objects in physical ways. #NianticAR

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Developers: Build a new reality with us and compete for your share of a prize pool of more than $1M USD in the Niantic Beyond Reality Developer Contest.

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When we understand the “meaning” of the world around us, the possibilities of what we can do in augmentation become limitless. To build our AR vocabulary, we use our computer vision algorithms to identify objects and activities with associated confidence scores.

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“We’ve learned a lot from building games that support players all over the world. Whenever we design new features, we spend a lot of time iterating on concepts to ensure the features are inclusive and appealing on a global scale.” - Laura Warner at @Official_PAX

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Today we introduce the “Niantic Lightship Platform'' featuring a new ARDK for developers with tools for Meshing, Semantic Segmentation, Multiplayer and more! Devs can sign up for the private beta at . 🚀 Learn more at:

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5 years

Learn more about our thoughts of designing a planet-scale real-world AR platform

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6 years

We were recently at @GeekWire Summit to talk about Pokémon GO and the future of Augmented Reality. Check out the highlights:

Pokémon Go, Harry Potter and the Future of AR

Pokémon GO has generated well over a billion dollars in revenue, and the active community continues to grow. We will cover how to combine Augmented Reality (...

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6 years

In this #AWE2018 talk, our CTO Phil Keslin talks about our unique approach to AR and the future shared experiences that we hope to create through this technology.

Phil Keslin (Niantic Labs): ar is more than just pixels

A talk from the Inspire Track at AWE USA 2018 - the World's #1 XR Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, California May 30- June 1, 2018.Phil Keslin (Niantic Labs...

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3 years

We're excited to welcome Dan Morris to lead developer relations here at @NianticLabs . He joins us from Oculus and said "there's no other job I would have left for than this one" and we agree about the planet-sized opportunity to build AR experiences.

Dan Morris Joins Niantic from Oculus to Lead Developer Relations

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Building on our experience to date, we are pushing the boundaries in geospatial technology, & creating an interactive real-world layer that brings engaging AR experiences to users. We're proud to introduce: the Niantic Real World Platform. #NianticAR

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"I view augmented reality as getting computers to adapt to the world." - @rossfinman , AR Mapping Lead

HyprMX Fireside Chats: Niantic @ PGC San Francisco

Ross Finman, AR Mapping Lead at Niantic, on the exciting future of AR and its real-life applications.

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Niantic will be at @TechCrunch Sessions AR/VR this Thursday, October 18th, where @RossFinman will chat about why AR is so important to us and share challenges and learnings from scaling these technologies to a global user base.

TC Sessions AR/VR 2018 | TechCrunch

Join TechCrunch & UCLA's The Anderson Venture Accelerator for a day of all things Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). The event will feature premier thought leaders in these fields,...

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6 years

Pokémon Go maker Niantic is coming to TechCrunch Sessions AR/VR by @lucasmtny

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“51% of the world is female. Women tech entrepreneurs understand that user-base. That’s a superpower!” - @Niniane at @WomenTechOver

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4 years

We're honored to be included in this list!

Built In Seattle

@BuiltInSeattle

4 years

Our 2020 Best Places to Work list is live! See which tech companies offer the best perks, benefits and pay in Seattle. #BuiltInBPTW

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The exhibit proved thrilling for many as they experienced the sensation of a climbing a narrow, winding staircase to reach the top of a virtual Pokémon GO Gym, all without actually leaving the ground of the Roppongi Hills courtyard!

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It’s landed! Lots of demos that captured the planet-scale possibilities of AR enabled by Lightship. Check out the grand prize winner GeoGlitched by Patrick Catanzariti and runners-up from our Lightship AR demo challenge! #ardk #ar #lightship #niantic

Niantic Announces Winner of the Lightship AR Demo Challenge!

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Niantic brings Gaussian splatting to Scaniverse

Scaniverse introduces support for 3D Gaussian splatting

Create photorealistic 3D scenes of the world from your phone

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Find out how we migrated hundreds of millions of Pokémon GO user accounts from Google Datastore to Google Spanner while maintaining high scalability and reliability:

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We’re extremely excited for @SeismicGames to join the @NianticLabs family as they significantly accelerate our ongoing vision of delivering an operating system that bridges the digital and physical worlds.

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We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired @SeismicGames ! We welcome their incredibly talented team to help us continue to shake up how games are made and played.

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Calling all AR developers! The Niantic Lightship team is hosting a virtual global launch event for the #Lightship AR Developer Kit (ARDK) on Monday, November 8. Learn more and register at

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We are excited to welcome the team from @hossapp to @NianticLabs ! Accelerating and expanding the developer experience for the upcoming launch of the Lightship ARDK is the first order of business, after a hearty welcome, so let's build the future together!

Niantic Acquires Developer Experience Leader, Hoss

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Are you a developer interested in the latest news about the Niantic Real World Platform? Sign up on our website to get early looks at what's running under the hood at Niantic and other exciting news and offers: #NianticAR

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Powerful AR technology, you don't say, I think this is you @LightshipAR #poweredbyLightship

House of the Dragon

@HouseofDragon

2 years

Hatch your dragon before the rest of the realm. Download the #DracARys app before entering #HOTDSDCC at MLK Park:

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"When doing data migrations, we recommend first doing dual writes to both the old & new databases, then validate, switch the application to use the new storage, and turn off writes to the old database." - @niniane More about how we did this on #PokemonGO :

Lessons Learned at Niantic: How to Move Live Systems to a New...

In this session, hear from Niantic (creators of Pokémon GO) engineering leaders Mingliang Wei (Ming) and Niniane Wang on how they re-platformed live systems ...

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Engineering work at @NianticLabs is fun, diverse, unique and sometimes a little 'crazy' -- meet our Chief Scientist, Victor Prisacariu, in a conversation about building new technology and product features for our @lightshipAR platform

Meet Niantic Engineering Leaders: A Conversation With Niantic Chief Scientist Victor Prisacariu

How does an engineering team build a 3D map that brings the virtual reality experiences into the real world, allows content to be anchored in familiar locations and can scale globally? Engineering...

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Lightship VPS to the Web, let's go!!! Lots of hard work by a huge cross-functional team, we will continue to add VPS-activated locations to the Niantic map and can't wait to see what these @the8thwall customers and other developers do with WebAR AND apps!

Introducing Lightship VPS for Web: Bringing the Real-World Metaverse to the Browser

Niantic introduces Lightship VPS for the web bringing the real-world metaverse to the browser

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6 years

Matrix Mill joining Niantic is really exciting to us, as it advances our computer vision & machine learning efforts. We are committed to investing aggressively in R&D that can enhance the experiences of our users–today and in the decades to come. #NianticAR

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Niantic has acquired Matrix Mill! We’re excited to welcome this talented team led by Gabe, Michael, and Daniyar to help advance our computer vision and machine learning efforts.

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There is a lot to celebrate about Peridot as a game and also as an engineering marvel. This first behind the scenes post explores the system that allows for the infinite diversity of the Dots. Coming May 9!

Engineering Peridot: Creating Infinite Adventures With Peridot’s Revolutionary Generative System

Join us on this exciting journey as we delve into the world of Peridot and explore the innovative technology that brings these creatures to life.

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The Niantic research team does some remarkable work to make AR and related technology work elegantly on device for the greatest number of users. This week they are presenting some exciting research at #eccv22

Niantic Research Presented at the European Conference on Computer Vision 2022

Niantic research teams present three papers at ECCV 2022

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Want a clearer view of the real-world metaverse? 👓 Starting in 2023, Niantic’s @LightshipAR visual positioning system will work with @Snapdragon Spaces to bring you an outdoor AR headset. #SnapdragonSummit

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No LiDAR required! Way to go @Scaniverse team!

Scaniverse

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2 years

We’re excited to announce that Scaniverse now supports all iPhones since the iPhone XS and most recent iPads. No LiDAR required! These scans were captured and processed on an iPhone XS. Learn more at:

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Not going to say it was love at first sight but, ok, it was. Welcome @the8thwall

8th Wall

@the8thwall

2 years

We are excited to announce that 8th Wall is joining @NianticLabs ! 🎉 Together with Niantic, we will empower more developers, agencies and brands to realize their visions for AR and the real-world metaverse. Read more on the blog 👉

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I spy our head of engineering, way to go @yujihigaki

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2 years

some of my favorite interviews about representation & how far we’ve come: #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM

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3 years

Niantic is sponsoring #arselectronica21 Come learn more about the Lightship #ARDK , and see some of the demos created by our Early Explorers!

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Meet Wol, Niantic's first mixed reality headset experience powered by 8th Wall. Wol can drop a lot of knowledge about the redwood forest on Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 2, Android and iOS devices, no app required.

Meet Wol - Niantic's first mixed reality experience powered by 8th Wall

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Congratulations to @ali_heston and everyone who contributed to this important UX book

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Day 2 of #LightshipSummit is underway. If you missed the main keynote from Tuesday, you can view it at

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2 years

My favourite thing about @NianticLabs is that they CHOSE to put a whole discussion in the keynote about our responsibility in building and designing AR. This is important for us to discuss over and over to get this right. #LightshipSummit @LightshipAR

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Look who's six today!

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It’s the 6 year anniversary of @pokemongoapp ! 🎉 That’s 6 years of community, adventure, exploration, and curiosity. Here’s to many more. #PokemonGO6Anniversary

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AR explorers and world travelers: Niantic will be attending @ITB_Berlin from March 6-8. Also, our European Head of Marketing, @Anni79 , will give a talk on how AR can positively impact tourism. #itbberlin #itbcon19

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We’re at #SIGGRAPH2018 ! @sdianahu and @niniane will be having a session on multiplayer augmented reality this upcoming Wednesday. Find more details here:

Presentation - SIGGRAPH 2018

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Reflecting on 10 years of Ingress! thanks @mr_micromero for sharing your insights on behalf of the entire team

Deep Dive: 5 lessons learned from 10 years of Ingress

What happens if you ask your players to go outside?

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Congratulations to the Niantic R&D and Mapping teams who are pushing the boundaries of computer vision and augmented reality at CVPR 2023 with five published papers!

Niantic's Pioneering Research at CVPR 2023: Pushing the Boundaries of Computer Vision and Augmented...

Pioneering researchers in our R&D and Mapping teams have made significant advancements in computer vision and augmented reality (AR), revolutionizing AR occlusion, camera relocalization, two-view...

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In preparation for #SIGGRAPH2018 , fellow Niantics, @sdianahu and @niniane , talk about the Niantic Real World platform, augmented reality, and Codename: Neon in the latest @siggraph Spotlight podcast. Check it out here:

SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 18 – Augmented Reality with Niantic, Inc. - ACM SIGGRAPH Blog

In this episode of SIGGRAPH Spotlight, SIGGRAPH 2018 Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality Chair Pol Jeremias-Vila sits down with Niantic, Inc. engineering leaders Niniane Wang and and Diana Hu.

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We were blown away by this work. An incredibly ambitious use of Lightship VPS by an even more incredibly talented team and visionary leader in @keiichiban we are inspired by your work cc: @LightshipAR

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a glimpse into the future of conferences and events at @NianticLabs Lightship Summit - filmed through our 'Reality Browser' app

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Ed Sheeran HQ

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2 years

Coming soon.. x #PokemonGOxEdSheeran

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We often get asked about the tech behind Lightship VPS and the 3D AR map of the world we're building. Learn more about the engineering work in a new 3-part blog series by @pierregeorgel and Victor Prisacariu. Part 1 drops today:

Lightship VPS: Engineering the World’s Most Dynamic 3D AR Map

With the launch of Lightship VPS earlier this year, Niantic is fulfilling a long-held dream for AR creators — to have a precise, dynamic 3D map of the world in which to add, anchor and augment layers...

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At CVPR our research team presented the latest advances in Niantic’s depth technology which turns any smartphone into a 3D mapping tool, learn more here

Niantic Researchers Reveal New Depth Technology to Transform Any Smartphone Into a Powerful 3D...

Niantic Researchers Reveal New Depth Technology to Transform Any Smartphone Into a Powerful 3D Mapping Tool

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Drone on!

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Our friends at @rally_studio made a #dronefilm to celebrate our birthday and to thank all our explorers. Together we’ve covered over 56 billion kilometers. Here’s to many more #MeetYouOutThere

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Later this month, Niantic will present at Ray Summit 23 and our own @dreamingleo89 wrote about how we are using Ray to improve multiple aspects of our scanning and mapping infrastructures, and we're just getting started.

Evolving Niantic AR Mapping Infrastructures

Niantic uses Ray for scaling complex distributed workloads

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@NianticLabs @ingress By using projection mapping & a personalized overlay of data rendered via Microsoft HoloLens, we also gave attendees a look at the @Ingress in-game actions occurring in Tokyo. All of which were overlaid on an accurate model of the city itself & updating in real-time!

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The metaverse is already here — and it’s full of Pokemon, says Niantic CEO John Hanke via @Verge

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One year ago today @NianticLabs and @the8thwall joined forces and immediately the teams collaborated to deliver new features for WebAR developers including VPS for Web and Sky Effects, to name just two. So much more to do to bring AR everywhere!

Niantic Celebrates First Year of 8th Wall + Niantic

Celebrating 1st anniversary of Niantic acquisition of 8th Wall

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Do you consider yourself creative and enjoy solving problems + are interested in tech? If you're in Seattle or the San Francisco Bay Area consider applying to the @treehouse Apprenticeship Program! See if you qualify and apply at or

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ICYMI: Check out the replay of our own Greg Borrud at #GBSummit on making games for the real world

Niantic’s Greg Borrud: From falling into games to making games for the real world

At GamesBeat Summit 2020, Niantic's Greg Borrud dive into his origin story in the game industry, his work at Seismic Games, AR in pandemic, and its future.

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Learn more about what it takes to bring #PokemonGOBuddy to life:

Dev Insights: Discovering more with Buddy Adventure – Pokémon GO

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Want to leave your friends messages in the sky? Check out Wu, Kuan-Ying‘s demo showing a clever way to use Semantic Segmentation. #ardk #ar #lightship #semantics #niantic #designium

skyMemo Niantic ARDK Demo Challenge

SkyMemo by Wu, Kuan-Ying is one of the runners up of the Niantic Lightship AR Demo Challenge. The runners up take advantage of our ARDK in compelling ways t...

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<Pikmin sounds> this app is so much fun, time for some walking!

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Shrink yourself down and outwit your environment! in3D by @in3D_io and Likevr, along with curiosity who inspired the project, is a game that uses Meshing to drop you into your surroundings in this platformer. #ardk #ar #lightship #meshing #niantic

in3D Niantic ARDK Demo Challenge

in3D by in3D and Likevr, and curiosity who inspired the project, is one of the runners up of the Niantic Lightship AR Demo Challenge. The runners up take ad...

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Outstanding! Congratulations @Cyberpumpkin29 and @ademon

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‘Pokémon Go’ creator Niantic acquires innovative AR company 8th Wall

'Pokémon Go' creator Niantic acquires innovative AR company 8th Wall - Fast Company

The acquisition is part of Niantic's vision for the metaverse, which incorporates real-world environments.

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Sergei Galkin

@sergeyglkn

2 years

#AR or render? What do you think?

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Another of our Beyond Reality Developer Contest participants!

HappyGiant

@HappyGiantGames

4 years

Today we are releasing full long trailer to #CutevsChaos , the #AR game we made for the @NianticLabs Contest. Our goal was to push the limits of AR Multiplayer gaming, & make something fun & whacky (AR begins at about 2:20). Let us know what you think!

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"The addition of the Matrix Mill team allows us to continue to deliver on planet-scale AR and helps us advance the Niantic Real World Platform." - @johnhanke #NianticAR

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Introducing Sky Effects #WebAR via @the8thwall

Introducing Sky Effects

8th Wall developers can now use the sky as a canvas for WebAR to create immersive, interactive experiences in the world above you with no app required

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We are so excited for the launch of @playperidot , our chief scientist, Gabe Brostow, wrote about the AR and AI technology powering the first fully AR game

Engineering Peridot: Enhancing the Game with AI-Powered Computer Vision

In this post, we’ll touch on just two of the AI components we’ve been developing, so that Dots and other AR characters can become participants in the real world.

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For many weeks leading up to the Lightship Summit, we got to see this team do incredible work pushing what's possible with Lightship VPS. This behind the scenes view gives you a glimpse of what the real-world metaverse can be and we are grateful for the vision and partnership

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Behind the scenes of our ‘Reality Channels’ prototype at the first @NianticLabs @LightshipAR Summit 🐉

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Who's up for throwing pie? Pieing by @curiosityincjp , in collaboration with in3D, is a pie-throwing party game demo using Multiplayer and Meshing to bring the fun! #ardk #ar #lightship #multiplayer #meshing #niantic

pieing Niantic ARDK Demo Challenge

Pieing by curiosity, Inc. in collaboration with in3D is one of the runners up of the Niantic Lightship AR Demo Challenge. The runners up take advantage of o...

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Soon to be exploring new worlds with @NianticLabs and @Poetic_Kinetics

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People like @rylanpozniak are making the future today and there is no shortage of opportunities to build what you want to see in the world

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1 year

So honored to be featured in the @NianticLabs @LightshipAR celebration video! 🎉🚀 #AugmentedReality

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4 years

Learn more about our announcement with the @RITtigers as we explore new frontiers in Geo Games and Media Research. You can find listings for open positions here:

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4 years

We're unveiling the Niantic x RIT Geo Games and Media Research Lab in partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology with the mission of advancing academic research in the area of location-based games, & studying their impact on people and culture!

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We can't wait to see the creative ideas developers around the world come up with during the Global Lightship Jam! Learn more & apply here:

Playcrafting

@Playcrafting

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We’re excited to announce the Global Lightship Jam with @nianticeng & @NianticLabs ! This will include 3 game jams taking place in the US, EU, & Japan this summer with the overarching themes of Discovery, Exploration, and Getting Outside. Learn more:

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The @the8thwall team continues to add exciting features for WebAR developers, and bonus points for using Captain Doty to show the way

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@the8thwall

2 years

🗺️ Introducing Lightship Maps for Web Easily add customizable maps to any 8th Wall project using the same technology as Niantic games. 🗺️Add a map to WebAR projects in minutes 📍Use themes and add your own locations 🌎Create a world of AR content

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Oh my, Ahmad rocks the rim!

NBA

@NBA

1 year

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver unveils streaming experience of the future via the NBA App - and you can be in it!

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@NianticEng

1 year

Lightship ARDK 2.5 is now available, featuring the Niantic Scanning Framework, an easy-to-use integration to enable lifelike 3D scanning in any Unity application.

Introducing the Niantic Scanning Framework in Lightship ARDK 2.5

Lightship ARDK 2.5 is now available, featuring the Niantic Scanning Framework, an easy-to-use integration to enable lifelike 3D scanning in any Unity application.

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3 months

Congratulations to the SKATRIX team for Skatrix Pro being featured as part of the Apple Vision Pro launch. Niantic is proud to support Reality Crisis on this amazing journey building the SKATRIX franchise.

Niantic and Reality Crisis to Co-Publish and Collaborate on “Rodney Mullen’s SKATRIX” an AR...

Niantic and AR game developer Reality Crisis announce a new co-publishing deal for the skateboarding franchise, "Rodney Mullen's SKATRIX."

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2 years

👀👀👀👀

Wu, Kuan-Ying

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2 years

It is working!! Hacking the gun which I bough today then getting the data into #NianticAR ARDK. I could make a lot of ideas with this console(although I might replace the MCU for next step) #lightship #AR #gun

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4 years

Developers, jumpstart your AR project by working with Niantic!

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@NianticLabs

4 years

Join us in creating the future of AR Experiences on the Niantic Real World Platform! Discover the Niantic Creator Program and the Niantic Beyond Reality Fund:

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Last day of #Disrupt2022 , keep working it like Doty! And when you go outside, adventure and discovery await, like around Yerba Buena Gardens (built with @the8thwall and @LightshipAR VPS for Web).

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2 years

The depth of the team keeps getting better and more exciting, welcome @bmcclendon !

Welcome Brian McClendon, SVP of Engineering, Mapping and AR

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@NianticEng

2 years

Impressive work!

Andy Biar

@andybiar

2 years

#ScreenshotSunday We created an interactive #XR sound sculpture at Niantic World Tour Seattle! - Niantic VPS to localize in the lobby - Tap to play instruments - All original sound - Unity tree generator with hand-drawn leaves Done in 12 hours with free tools 🙏🏻🙏🏻

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2 years

Awesome achievement last week by our new @the8thwall colleagues

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@the8thwall

2 years

Introducing Absolute Scale 🌎📏 The 8th Wall Engine now features a new SLAM capability which enables interactive, cross-platform, real-world scale WebAR—a first for the browser! Read more on the blog 👉

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The Niantic Research team is proud to present one five papers accepted at next month's CVPR conference. ACE has the distinction of being one of the 2.6% "highlighted" projects. Bonus, it's been in production in Lightship VPS since we launched last year.

Niantic Research Presents: State of the ARt in Relocalization with Machine Learning

ACE relocalization with machine learning improves on DSAC*

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@NianticEng

2 years

@NianticLabs Walking on Sunshine ☀️

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2 years

No one better to talk about how we use Kubernetes at Niantic than @rbitia as she did recently at #KubeCon

How Pokemon Go Creator Builds on Kubernetes for Developers

In this latest episode of The New Stack Makers podcast, Ria Bhatia, senior product manager of Niantic, discusses why the Pokemon Go platform remains relevant today to developer customers and why...

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@NianticEng

3 years

We hope to see you there!

Latinx Games Festival

@LatinxGamesFest

3 years

Join our career fair in collaboration w/ our Sponsors @NianticLabs , @valvesoftware and @playdate . From 11/18 - 11/20 you can talk to Video Game Artists, Programmers, HR Professionals and more! Sign Up Here ➡️

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2 years

Awesome apprenticeship opportunities abound for 20 aspiring software engineers to join us this fall -- if this is you or you know someone who may be interested be sure to apply here

Niantic - Tech Elevator

In 2022, Niantic came to Tech Elevator with a desire to bring education opportunities to underrepresented communities in tech. With our mission to elevate

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@NianticEng

2 years

So Much Amazing Work!!! Congratulations to everyone who participated and shared such inspiring demos! #LightshipAR #LightshipWinterChallenge

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@LightshipAR

2 years

The moment has arrived! 🎉🏆🍾The Lightship Winter Challenge "Best in Show" goes to @AlexsonChu with Snow Fight! @NianticLabs @NianticEng

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2 years

At Lightship Summit in May, Niantic's John King hosted a conversation with Daphne Larose of @wicked_saints and Nicodemus Madehdou of @JumpButtonS about being part of Niantic's BDI program, using @lightshipar and bringing more diversity to AR via @YouTube

Black Developers Initiative Talk | Lightship Summit 2022

BDI or the Black Developer Initiative was founded in 2020 during the BLM protest. Our intention is to empower Black game/AR developers and provide access, re...

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@NianticEng

1 year

I spy teams in other offices as well... hello "Seattle" and "Silicon Valley"

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@NianticEng

2 years

Excellent work! 👏👏👏

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@emmanuel_2m

2 years

Hey @MrAugmented , I scanned your crew in #3D during @ARealityEvent 2021 on @NianticLabs booth. Take a look 👋 Captured w. the iPhone 13 Pro + @Scaniverse . On @Sketchfab : #NFT #AR #RealWorldMetaverse

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@NianticEng

2 years

Well that looks awesome! #Lightship

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@NianticLabs

2 years

Launching our global #AR developer platform, @lightshipAR at 10AM PT! Watch at

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2 years

AR is out of this world! Great to see #AR being used as an educational and exploratory tool to understand how @NASAWebb will #unfoldtheuniverse #ARirl

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@nytimes

2 years

To understand the observation powers of the James Webb Space Telescope and how it will assist astronomers in their research, try these two augmented reality experiences in your own space with a smartphone logged into Instagram.

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@NianticEng

1 year

Congratulations to @nanea and the team at @TRIPPVR for their visionary and transformative work in XR

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@nanea

1 year

I am proud to announce @TRIPPVR has been selected as one of @TIME ’s Best Inventions of 2022! Check out the full list below to learn how our XR platform is transforming wellness while deepening connection to self and others:

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