Fold partners with Niantic to create AR-based Bitcoin rewards app

Fold is launching an augmented reality experience where players can earn Bitcoin in a kind of augmented reality environment. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

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Fürs „Echtwelt-Metaverse“: Pokémon Go-Studio erhält Megasumme

Niantic hat große Zukunftspläne. Investoren sind begeistert und stecken 300 Millionen US-Dollar in das Unternehmen.

Der Beitrag Fürs „Echtwelt-Metaverse“: Pokémon Go-Studio erhält Megasumme erschien zuerst auf MIXED.

MIXED & Tomislav Bezmalinovic

Niantic Raises $300M Investment at $9 Billion Valuation to build “real-world metaverse”
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, today announced it has raised a $300 million Series D investment which values the company at $9 billion. Beyond its geo-location games, the company has been building out a world-scale framework which it believes will be critical for a future full of rich augmented reality. Niantic is best known for […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

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Pokémon-Go-Erfinder kritisiert Meta und will ein „gesundes Metaverse“

Mit AR-Spielen wie Pokémon Go macht John Hanke Milliarden. Von Zuckerbergs Metaverse-Vision mit viel Virtual Reality ist er wenig angetan.

Der Beitrag Pokémon-Go-Erfinder kritisiert Meta und will ein „gesundes Metaverse“ erschien zuerst auf MIXED.

MIXED & Matthias Bastian

Niantic Kickstarts Its AR Metaverse with Release of Lightship SDK and $20M Developer Fund
At a special launch event today, Niantic announced it’s opening up the Lightship AR Development Kit (ARDK) platform, a software development kit with the kinds of tools the company uses to make Pokémon Go’s ‘world-scale’ gameplay possible. And to attract third-party developers to the platform, it’s also announced $20 million fund which it hopes will kickstart AR development. […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

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Harry Potter: Niantic stampft AR-Spiel ein

Es hat sich ausgezaubert für Harry Potter, zumindest in Augmented Reality: Niantics AR-Hoffnungsträger wird abgeschaltet.
Der Beitrag Harry Potter: Niantic stampft AR-Spiel ein erschien zuerst auf MIXED.
MIXED & Tomislav Bezmalinovic

Pokémon Go studio is closing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

Developer Niantic’s first major effort to replicate the success of Pokémon Go is coming to an end. Harry Potter: Wizard’s Unite is done. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeff Grubb

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Pikmin Bloom: Nintendos neues AR-Spiel launcht in Deutschland

Nintendo und Niantic launchen nach Pokémon Go ihr zweites AR-Spiel: Pikmin Bloom.
Der Beitrag Pikmin Bloom: Nintendos neues AR-Spiel launcht in Deutschland erschien zuerst auf MIXED.
MIXED & Tomislav Bezmalinovic

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Siedler von Catan AR: Pokémon Go-Studio gibt AR-Spiel auf

Niantic will nach Pokémon Go einen weiteren großen AR-Hit landen. Catan – World Explorers wird es nicht.
Der Beitrag Siedler von Catan AR: Pokémon Go-Studio gibt AR-Spiel auf erschien zuerst auf MIXED.
MIXED & Tomislav Bezmalinovic

Oculus Head of Developer Relations Leaves for Niantic as it Ramps up Lightship AR Platform
Niantic announced today that long-time Oculus employee Dan Morris, Head of Developer Relations, is joining as the company’s new Director of Developer Relations as Niantic ramps up its Lightship AR platform, which aims to bring to third-party developers the same ‘world scale’ tech that enables Pokémon Go. Dan Morris has been at Oculus since 2015, spending […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang