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New Tool From Niantic Aims to Make Web-based XR Easier to Build

Pokémon GO developer Niantic announced it’s releasing a new visual editor and “powerful web gaming engine” called Niantic Studio, which aims to let creatives build immersive XR, 3D experiences, and casual web games. Niantic Studio is essentially the company’s evolution of its subscription-based AR content development platform 8th Wall, which it acquired in 2022. Today, 8th Wall […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

18. Juni 2024

Niantic is Bringing Its Large-scale AR Positioning System to WebAR Too

This week Niantic announced Lightship VPS, a system designed to make possible accurate localization of AR devices at a large scale to enable location-based AR content that can also be persistent and multi-user. While the first implementation of the system will need to be baked into individual apps, the company says it’s bringing the tech […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

26. Mai 2022

8th Wall is offering AR/VR developers new features and tools

8th Wall is offering a host of new features to AR and VR developers in what feels like a huge push towards making the Metaverse workable. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Erron Kelly

‘Pokémon GO’ Developer Niantic Acquires WebAR Company 8th Wall

Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, the Lightship AR SDK, and more, announced this week that it has acquired 8th Wall, creators of AR development tools designed to run through web browsers with wide reach across devices. In what the company calls its “largest acquisition to date,” Niantic this week announced that is has acquired 8th Wall, […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

11. März 2022

8th Wall launches Reality Engine for metaverse-like WebAR experiences

8th Wall announced the launch of its Reality Engine, which enables WebAR experiences to immediately work across a wide range of devices. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

9. November 2021

8th Wall launches Face Effects tool for AR facial animations

8th Wall is launching Face Effects, a new cloud tool that enables devs to create facial effects that wrap around someone’s face using AR. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

26. Mai 2020