Niantic releases 'Lightship VPS' for developers that can fix their content as AR to spots in various places



Lightship VPS (Visual Positioning System) is a system that allows developers to incorporate their own AR experience into hotspots around the world collected and built using 3D maps created by Niantic and 'Pokemon GO' and 'Ingress'. Has been released for developers. We have already formed a demo partnership with Shueisha's XR (Cross Reality) Division, Shueisha XR, etc., and the content is located in spots in Tokyo.

Niantic Announces Lightship VPS and Niantic AR Map at Lightship Summit – Niantic

https://nianticlabs.com/blog/lightshipsummit/

Lightship VPS is a system that allows users to experience content placed in public places. The location corresponding to Lightship VPS is constructed with multiple scan data, forming an area with a diameter of about 10 m. When a user stands in this area, the application determines the user's current position and orientation and fixes the AR content in centimeters. No matter where the user points the camera, the position can be quickly and accurately grasped from a single image, providing a realistic immersive feeling.



Lightship VPS is available in over 30,000 spots in Tokyo, San Francisco, London, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle. Now that Niantic has released Lightship VPS to all developers, it's now possible for developers to take advantage of these spots and add other spots to their AR maps with their own hands. ..

According to Niantic, creating a map was a very big challenge in AR, but with the help of developers, surveyors, Pokemon GO and Ingress players, we are working on collecting scan data of places in the real world. It was done. Starting May 24, 2022, Niantic invites developers to the public beta of

Niantic Wayfarer to add the best places for their AR experience, with the aim of further expanding the map. This will allow developers to help improve the map while at the same time building an AR experience where it's best for them.



To start a build using the Lightship VPS, you need to register a developer account and download the Lightship ARDK. This kit is compatible with iOS and Android mUnity, and it is said that a VPS dedicated template is also prepared to get used to the operation.

Already as a demo partner of Lightship VPS, animation studio JR Reality (Superblue) , game / AR development AREALM (FoundrySix) , music game startup Pixelynx , Shueisha XR , art / advertising / urban development Rhizomatiks , XR development Liquid City , TRIPP , an immersive meditation service, has been added, and AR content is placed in various spots. From around 53 seconds in the following movie, you can see how the cartoon character appears as AR in front of the sign that says 'Shueisha'.

Build Immersive AR with Lightship VPS-YouTube


In addition, a social network ' Campfire ' was announced, which allows people, events, and communities to exchange messages with people, events, and communities starting from the map. Campfire is said to act as the 'homepage' of the Metaverse in the real world, where players can meet players in the same area, send messages to each other to share content, and hold their own events and social gatherings. By holding it, you can foster social connections in the real world. Campfire will be published within Ingress and will be available in all Niantic games in the future.



'We believe this is an important step towards building the future of spatial computing together as a community,' Niantic said in this announcement.

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