![]() We’re not done yet in fact, we may never be “done” because our AR map will be constantly updated to reflect changes in the physical world. There were some big technological challenges to overcome and doing it right takes time. But for AR, we needed to start from scratch no one had created a scalable solution for building such a 3D map like this before. Niantic’s founders cut their teeth in this space by creating Google Maps, laying the foundation for online mapping with Street View. We joined Niantic to help build this dynamic 3D map of the real world, something that many people at Niantic had been working on for years. This means people can have more meaningful and compelling immersive AR experiences in the real world because the visuals are blended perfectly. With Lightship VPS, developers can build persistent AR content that is anchored at real-world locations. VPS is like GPS for the virtual version of the outside world, only far more precise, down to the centimeter. To further blend the worlds, we recently launched Niantic’s Lightship VPS (Visual Positioning System). Using that foundation, we’re building a version of the real-world metaverse where people can get a truly unique immersive experience and explore the outside world and virtual space together simultaneously. Niantic’s 2016 launch of Pokémon GO represented the first large-scale virtual environment and brought augmented reality to the masses. Today we’re in the early stages of another technological revolution, one that enables people to experience and discover places in the physical world through virtual space. These days, moving around in the world, traveling and discovering new places is incredibly easy. And with the advent of the internet, GPS-enabled location data was combined with online maps and mobile phones. Mainstream adoption of GPS over the past two decades has made the technology fundamental for establishing location. For centuries, ship captains navigated the oceans with a compass, map, and an astrolabe and quadrant, which are devices used to find longitude. In this three-part series, Chief Scientist Victor Priscariu and Director of Engineering Pierre Fite-Georgel dive into the technology used to build and maintain the map so that AR developers around the world can make magic precisely where they want.Īt Niantic, our goal is to give people tools to become 21st century explorers. 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 of virtual content.
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