8th Wall is offering AR/VR developers new features and tools
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Niantic’s all-in on the Metaverse with subscription plans, monetization tools and discovery capabilities as part of the 8th Wall platform.
Niantic acquired 8th Wall back in March. 8th Wall’s Reality Engine launched in 2021 and enables web-based augmented reality experiences to immediately work across a huge amount of iOS and Android devices, computers, tablets and both AR and VR headsets.
The acquisition let Niantic empower its Lightship development platform, which lets other developers work towards creating AR and VR focused games, like Pokemon Go and Ingress. Lightship offers the ability to include three core features: real-time mapping, allowing objects to interface with real word locations and multiplayer sharing features.
Now Niantic is launching new subscription tiers to make accessing 8th Wall’s full range of tools more affordable.
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The first subscription tier is the Starter plan, which costs $9.99/month. Developers who choose this plan can create unlimited WebAR and WebVR projects with 8th Wall’s Cloud Editor. They can then publish their web applications using 8th Wall’s global hosting services.
The Plus plan costs $49/month. It builds on the features available in the previous plan, and provides more flexibility for developers in sharing their web apps. Plus plan subscribers get access to direct project URLs, embeddable AR and progressive web apps. They can also connect custom domains. The Plus plan is
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