With the purchase of Scaniverse, Niantic wants to speed up the creation of a 3D map of the world
/Pokemon Go has given wings to Niantic, the creator of the augmented reality game. The studio therefore wants to create a “3D map” of the world, which requires the acquisition of specialists in such technologies as Scaniverse.
Niantic has a consistent idea: to create a 3D map of the world so that the games and games that will use this technology are as accurate as possible. At the beginning of last year, the studio bought 6D.ai, a startup with this goal in mind, simply using smartphone cameras.
Easy 3D scanning
Niantic doubles the stakes by acquiring Scaniverse, an app that simplifies recording 3D objects and environments, always with the help of his smartphone’s camera, both old and newer (lidar-equipped, for example). Scaniverse technology will accelerate the video game studio’s project to provide a 3D map of the world.