Niantic Engineering

You can find us @NianticSpatial building geospatial AI. Our games business, including @PokemonGOapp, @MH_Now_EN, and @PikminBloom found their home @Scopely.

[Niantic Spatial 🌎 @NianticSpatial]

Today marks day one for Niantic Spatial, Inc., a new chapter in our journey to fuse the digital and physical worlds. While AI is already book smart, we're bringing street smarts - by building a Large Geospatial Model to transform how people and machines understand and interact with the real world.

https://t.co/OGeHBNdYLf

#NianticSpatial #SpatialComputing #LaunchDay

[Ian Curtis @XRarchitect]

Drank my two red bulls at 11 last night and cooked this up by 2:30 🫡 late at night is when I’m most productive

My submission website for The World’s Largest Hackathon @boltdotnew

https://t.co/YbhhwUpq9i

[Niantic Spatial 🌎 @NianticSpatial]

Today we’re announcing changes at Niantic that will set us on a bold new course. We have reached an agreement for Scopely to acquire Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now, and the incredible teams working on these experiences. And we’re spinning off our pioneering geospatial AI business into a new company, Niantic Spatial Inc. Read more in our blog here. https://t.co/it9xAFpysZ

[Ian Curtis @XRarchitect]

To those who say you can’t create nice-looking experiences on the web—it’s all about educating yourself on the tools and optimizing for them

Code logic generated via @boltdotnew (Sonnet 3.7) experience powered by r3f+@threejs

Try it here (desktop): https://t.co/XyxfSI1OpS

[Niantic Spatial 🌎 @NianticSpatial]

Into The Scaniverse is now free to download on @MetaQuestVR 3!

Step into hyper-realistic 3D scenes and explore real-world locations like never before. Stroll The Highline in New York, visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., or experience the Piazza Mincio in Rome, all from wherever you are.

Discover over 50,000 vivid 3D scenes — everything from famous landmarks to hidden treasures — with more added every day.
https://t.co/MkwcWnrE9n

[Ian Curtis @XRarchitect]

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is king. I was having trouble adding mobile controls to my @boltdotnew project last night but with the latest update, it created these glass-like controls in one go.

Try it here:
https://t.co/SnNu3bxOO1

I once spent a week manually coding similar controls 🥲

[Vincent Woo @fulligin]

Have you ever wanted to see Sutro Tower up close? Now you can! I'm releasing a very high quality model of the tower that you can easily fly through on your own, thanks to very cool developments in Gaussian splatting 🧵...

[Niantic Spatial JP 🌎 @SpatialJP]

Scaniverse Japan Meetup in 掛川 を開催しました 🎉
https://t.co/tMOiws7Bxg

#横須賀 で #Ingress の #PlusAlpha アノマリーがあった週末、#Scaniverse も #掛川 で #ScaniverseMeetup を行いました。こちらもとても熱く楽しい集まりでした。ご参加くださった皆さま、ありがとうございました！

[brian rose @brianrose]

Welcome to Yokosuka, Ingress Agents! #PlusAlpha #Ingress横須賀

[Ian Curtis @XRarchitect]

Wait for it…

A location-based AR experience I created where user movement reveals the 🩶

[Niantic Spatial 🌎 @NianticSpatial]

When two champions of outdoor play join forces, adventure is on deck! ⚾️

@PokemonGoApp and @MLB are teaming up to bring more ways to explore, connect, and play outside.

Get ready for new PokéStops, Official Routes, and Pokémon GO–themed ball games!
🧢https://t.co/SDyecaJ5G7

[8th Wall @the8thwall]

Niantic Studio is providing sponsorships up to $5K for university XR workshops and hackathons in Spring 2025. Applications open through May 1st at https://t.co/WpbaWdjwAX.

[Ian Curtis @XRarchitect]

15 minutes with o3-mini this morning

Created Brick Breaker in WebAR

Try it here: https://t.co/UyXmxfIrZk

Tetris coming next…