Niantic buys 6D.ai to fight Apple's ARKit

Augmented reality has started to gain momentum in recent years. However, this technology is not as advanced or integrated into our lives. In the future, it is very likely that many of the daily actions will revolve around platforms and services of this type with accessories of all kinds. Companies invest large amounts of money to advance in this field. For example, Apple with its ARKit development kit. Other companies such as Niantic, creator of Pokémon GO, also invest and do buying the 6D.ai augmented reality sanfranciscana stratup to improve and expand the power of your technology.

6D.ai will join the Niantic Real World team

Niantic's real-world augmented reality platform is designed to allow users to interact in shared worlds seamlessly fused with the real world. Built on a proven foundation to scale to accommodate hundreds of millions of users, Niantic's real-world platform manages shared state, communication, security, maps, and augmented reality features. Contact our partnerships team for information on how to develop products using Niantic technology.

One of Niantic's lines of work is its product Royal World. Large and popular games such as Pokémon GO or Harry Potter: Wizards Unite are based on this technology that has been polished over time since the launch of the first of the games. The goal of a company like Niantic is improve and expand your technology to be able to go further.

For this it is necessary invest in acquiring companies and startups with good ideas to modify the main idea. Niantic has announced the purchase of the startup 6D.ai, a stratup dedicated to augmented reality with a 3D mapping SDK that many applications use today. The announcement has been made official through a joint statement on both official blogs. It is announced that the entire team will be integrated into Niantic's work. Additionally, access to the SDK will be discontinued for the next 30 days. There will be a change in approach to how 6D.ai helps developers, all from the Niantic Real World platform.

Imagine that everyone, at the same time, can experience Pokémon habitats in the real world or see dragons fly through the sky and land on buildings in real time. Imagine our favorite characters taking us on a walking tour of the city's hidden gems, or friends leaving personal notes for others to find later.


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