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...
Niantic plans 48 real-world events for Ingress across the globe
Niantic revealed today plans for 48 real-world events that will take place in 2018 and 2019 for its augmented reality mobile game Ingress. Before...
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 enlists Stephen Fry in spoof of nature documentaries
Nature documentaries have brought so much joy in the world, like David Attenborough’s god-tier voiceovers and Benedict Cumberbatch’s inability to say “penguin.” Today, Niantic and The...
Social play is transforming mobile gaming
Mobile gaming is a massive market with 2.6 billion players – and it’s about to get even bigger. Why? Major technology advancements and new...
Digi-Capital: 2017 saw $3 billion invested in AR/VR, half in Q4 alone
AR/VR investment records fell last year as startups raised over $3 billion in 28 categories we track including over $1.5 billion in Q4 2017...
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...
Pokémon Go will roll out 50 new creatures and weather effects
Niantic is adding 50 new creatures to Pokémon Go as well as dynamic weather in a major update for the mobile game. The dozens...
Ingress Prime: Niantic reboots its Pokémon Go precursor
Niantic has announced that it will reboot its first augmented reality game as Ingress Prime. The mobile AR update of the game, the Pokémon Go...