Pokemon Go Creator Niantic Labs obtained Scanverse Mobile 3D scan application on Tuesday.
This application was developed by the AI ​​Toolbox and it is an iOS application that allows users to easily capture, edit, and share 3D content using smartphone cameras.
NIANTIC LABS is known for making augmented reality games like Pokemon Go, Harry Potter Wizards united, among others.
Now, the company with a new acquisition plans to take further steps by making everything easier and more accessible.
The company said that this would make multi-OS scanning better for the Niantic Explorer community.
Meanwhile, Keith Ito, the founder and CEO of the application have mentioned that iOS applications will still be available for users through the App Store and will be free and enter all the features previously part of the $ 17 annual subscription.
In addition, Niantic will continue to support software to bring new features to the application.
Niantic has mentioned that the vision behind the acquisition is to create a world dynamic spatial map given from the scanned 3D location.
The company expects to use the scanning scanning capability of scanning 3D using a standard RGB camera sensor from most smartphones along with a new Lidar scanner on the iPhone.
“The more easily scanned, the faster to build a world 3D map”, Niantic said in the official press release.
The company also records, “Imagine everyone simultaneously experiencing Pokémon habitat in the real world, or digital characters take us on the tour of the hidden city gem walk, or friends who leave personal records in the real world location to find it later.
This is a large-scale mapping Can be activated, and we are happy to continue to build their future.
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