Niantic announced a Pokémon GO feature today that will incentivize users to conduct more AR scans of landmarks in their neighborhood. This user-generated data will help Niantic build its “real-world metaverse,” which will be powered largely by Lightship, its free AR Development Kit (ARDK).
In Pokémon GO, users visit PokéStops, which represent real-world places — these can be anything from a mundane mailbox, to a major historic site, to a cool statue that you never noticed in your neighborhood.
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