Niantic CEO John Hanke: Games are the primordial soup for tech evolution
Niantic CEO John Hanke summoned up the ghost of Arthur C. Clarke when discussing augmented reality with the famous quote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology...
Pokémon Go studio CEO John Hanke on AR’s ascent at GamesBeat Summit
Our latest speaker for GamesBeat Summit 2018 event is John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, the creator of augmented reality games such as Pokémon Go and Ingress....
Cumulus author Eliot Peper dives into the future fusion of tech and games at GamesBeat Summit 2018
Our latest speaker for GamesBeat Summit 2018 event is Eliot Peper, science fiction writer and author of the upcoming novel Bandwidth. The event will take place...
Pokémon Go studio Niantic acquires AR firm Escher Reality
Niantic Labs announced today that it has acquired Escher Reality, an augmented reality and computer vision startup that’s building technology for persistent, cross-platform, multiuser augmented reality...
Pokémon Go gets better augmented reality thanks to ARKit on iOS
Niantic has had crude augmented reality for its Pokémon Go mobile game from the outset. But soon it will launch an enhanced AR experience...
Niantic raises $200 million as it prepares to develop a Harry Potter AR game
Niantic, Inc. announced today that it has raised a fresh round of capital — $200 million to be exact, as first reported by the...
Pokémon Go creator Niantic acquires social mechanics startup Evertoon
Pokémon Go creator Niantic Labs has acquired a startup called Evertoon, which is exploring ways to add “social mechanics to digital products.” CEO Niantic...
A trio of visionaries will explore the future of augmented reality
I’m very excited about the trio of technology and entertainment visionaries that are the latest speakers for our upcoming GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and...
Pokémon Go could get a huge December update with 100 new creatures
Niantic Labs is reportedly planning a huge Pokémon Go update for December that will give players a lot of what they’ve been asking for. The...
Pokémon Go chief promises player battles, live events, more creatures, and stable servers
Niantic Labs has done the impossible launching its Pokémon Go mobile game, scoring more than 500 million downloads in two months. It has stabilized its...