Pokémon Go is helping train Niantic Spatial's GPS AI, which helps delivery robots.

Because the data was captured by players walking on foot, it provides a unique street-level perspective that satellite imagery cannot replicate. In 2020, Niantic introduced "AR Mapping" tasks, where ...

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Niantic Spatial, an AI spinout formed in 2025, has turned years of mobile gaming data into what it describes as a ...

Pokemon Go, released in 2016 by Niantic, was the world’s first augmented-reality game.

Niantic says images and AR scans gathered through Pokémon Go have produced a dataset exceeding 30 billion photographs now used to train visual navigation for delivery robots, reports Cape {town} Etc.

Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players.

The tech company announced two key features that they hope will pave the way for the expanded use of augmented reality (AR) in everyday life ...

Coco Robotics, which makes autonomous delivery robots, announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with Niantic Spatial, the AI spinoff of the Pokémon Go developer. Niantic’s geospatial AI model, which ...

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