Niantic's Campfire app will finally let 'Pokémon Go' players chat together
players: a social AR app called Campfire. It'll let you organize for events, discover new locations and share content with other players. Think of it like a hyper-local social network built entirely for AR—it's"the 'homepage' of the real-world Metaverse," as Niantic says . Campfire is already live in Ingress, the company's first AR game, and it'll be headed to all of its titles starting this summer.
On top of Campfire, Niantic also unveiled Lightship VPS , a new platform that will let developers more accurately learn the position and orientation of users. They'll also be able to anchor AR content in place with"centimeter-level" precision, according to Niantic. That'll help devs produce better localization and persistence, which are the most important factors in any AR experience.
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