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🎩 Add a little personality to your AR experiences! Watch the full tutorial to see how Niantic Studio simplifies the process of adding hats to Face Effects: https://bit.ly/3zqS9WW Get started with your own WebXR projects and explore the endless possibilities for free on Niantic 8th Wall! #Tutorial #WebXR #ExtendedReality

"TO2 113,435 pts" When young, that meant I was reigning champ in a #videoGame. I'm bringing that feature back, but in #AR! "Everybody wants to be on top," sang the Purple One in his hit song, "Pop Life". I want to reignite that desire to be the best at a particular level in a particular location of the world. I want everyone to see my name after I put in the sweat to get a high score. I also want to motivate other players to continue going for just a little longer, and celebrate if they take over the top spot. (I say "if", cuz how you gonna beat me?!?! I make the game, for goodness sakes!) So what's the AR angle? Well, we're not 100% sure yet. We have a first stab at it in the video below. I'm envisioning some sort of 3D medallion. We can "digitally hang it" on physical features that Niantic Lightship uses to know where you are in the world. This way, as you check what score to beat, you'll also help the game keep object tracking correct. This feature itself wasn't very hard to implement. It took maybe an afternoon, hence the lack of cool design. (Anthony Tanaka hasn't sprinkled his magic on it yet.) Right now we give you a splash of blue particles then we overwrite the high score with yours. The design will take some time to nail down, for sure. The infrastructure necessary to make its existence even possible was tough. It took a full week to build just the infrastructure piece. In the next post, I spill more details. However, it is the last major tech piece I needed to build out. Therefore, from here on out, it's just pure game features, testing, level tweaking and making sure it's as fun as it can possibly be. As always, thanks to the Niantic, Inc. folks (Chanel P., Joe Gabriel and Ricardo Monterroso) Shout out to Unity (and Antonia Forster) for the wonderful tools. My brothers in arms at Dad Bod Games NYC (Zachary Nelson and Anthony Tanaka). #HighScore #RetroFeature #AugmentedReality #SpaceBattles #BuildingInPublic

5 questions with John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, Inc.. From creating Google Maps to launching Pokémon GO, John is a true visionary in tech and AR. We sat down with him to discuss his journey so far, the moment he knew he ‘made it’ and what’s next for Niantic.

Splats not only look great, but perform great. Even richly detailed scenes won't slow you down, because Gaussian splats are ideal for real-time rendering.

🌐 With the Niantic Scaniverse app and Niantic Studio, you can now create interactive experiences with 3D scans of actual spaces. The process is simple: ➤ Capture your environment using the Niantic Scaniverse app. ➤ Import the Gaussian splat into Niantic Studio. ➤ Add physics, animate objects, and design engaging interactions. From web games to branded experiences, you can now easily build immersive WebXR projects with real-world data. 🔥 Explore the step-by-step guide and start creating: https://bit.ly/4dhkjSm

Build AR apps and WebXR games with settings and objects scanned from the world around you. Learn how to use 3D Gaussian Splats and Niantic Studio to build web-based immersive projects. #WebAR #WebXR #WebApp #3DGS #3DGaussianSplatting #GuassianSplat #Splat #ARdev #NianticStudio #3Ddev #SpatialComputing #howto

A pretty good test of how #GaussinaSplats can be used for #VirtualProduction. Here I'm using scenes scanned with Niantic, Inc. Scaniverse, then setting up interactively my #DeckardChromakey chromakey with just clicking on colors that have to be keyed out. It's a pretty fast way to do #VFX work. All done in Unity

Here is my first AR project from last year, where players explore parks using Niantic Lightship. The game featured user authentication, API integration, and interactive drops like quizzes and videos that allowed players to place AR objects. It also included a reward system where players could collect stamps. It was a rewarding experience blending AR technology with real-world exploration. #ar #unity #game #gamedevelopment #unity3d #augmentedreality #parkexploration

The next step may involve integrating Generative AI to enhance the environment and incorporate dynamic effects.

Scan a place, make a game - even for newbies. The customizable sample projects in Niantic Studio include templates to build AR games with the optimized Gaussian Splats you capture with Scaniverse. Try it for yourself https://bit.ly/4fhd8LW (and tag us when you post about it.) #3dgs #gausssiansplatting #gaussiansplat #nerfs #rcn #ardev #realitycapture #argames #ar #augmentedreality #spatialcomputing #howto