Pok&eaigu;mon Go creator Niantic announces AR mapping and `real world metaverse`
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The real-world metaverse is here. What you need to know Niantic held its Lightship Summit on Tuesday. The Pok&eaigu;mon Go creator has this week announced its new location mapping software for AR. It has also taken the covers off a new location-based social media effort called `Campfire`. Pok&eaigu;mon Go creator Niantic this week announced its new location mapping software for AR, VPS, along with a brand new location-based social network called Campfire. Niantic`s Visual Positioning System lets developers give users the option to determine their position and orientation and anchor AR content, adding locations to Niantic`s AR map of the world to build their own location-based AR apps and experiences. 30,000 such public locations are available including in San Francisco, London, Tokyo, LA, NYC, and more. Niantic says that VPS is powered by scans from its players of the real world known as Wayspots taken from Ingress and Pok&eaigu;mon Go, as well as millions of photos taken on devices like the...