Weekly 5 assignment augmented reality
- 1. //01 Weekly 5 Assignment Augmented Reality Kennedy Franklin ADVE 709 Professor Gauri Misra-Deshpande
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- 3. Niantic is a company that first started off with Google. They made the Earth and maps products. Niantic’s first try in the augmented reality world was the creation of the Pokemon Go game. This company played a vital role in i bringing augmented reality to the mainstream. Niantic is now with $4 Billion. The augmented reality game Pokemon Go is a profitable success. The first initial game came out in 2016, and since then, the game has brought in $2.2 Billion. Niantic never knew that they were going to start the kick off of augmented reality because their first love was maps. The company became inspired by early augmented reality devices such as wearable devices.
- 4. //04 They wanted to connect the digital and physical worlds in ways they haven’t been done before. Niantic first augmented reality game came out in 2013 that is somewhat like Pokemon Go. It was called Ingress. Users had to actually move around to complete the game. Niantic wanted the Pokemon Go game to be about real world movement and interaction. The augmented reality game had users move around in museums, go to murals, buildings, parks, etc. In the U.S. Pokemon Go would attract about hundred people joining together. After Niantic distributed the game to the U.S., they felt like Tokyo was ready for this augmented reality game. The company Niantic was created on bringing families together and exploration.
- 5. //05 And they wanted to portray that in their games that they created. Also exercise is important to the founder of Niantic. He feels that since technology has advanced, a lot of kids do not go outside anymore, so Niantic wants to distribute games and products that help with that. Niantic also likes to creates games and products that forces people to have real face to face interactions with each-other. Niantic is excited to use augmented reality more in their games to cross over boundaries of what people may traditionally think what games are. Niantic has partnered up with telcos and infrastructure providers like Samsung and SK Telecom, because programs that run augmented reality are too much to hack for regular networks.
- 6. //06 Niantic’s current game that they are working on is virtual dodgeball. Players can throw objects at each-other through the actual app. If this app is successful, multi player augmented reality games will be in full effect. All the players in the games positions will be shared with the others, all their actions while playing will be shared with the other players, and they will be tracked in real time. Even though these games sound amazing, they are too high tech for simple at home Wifi. it requires a heavier network that can handle all this, which is 5G.
- 7. Niantic views augmented reality as a sea of opportunity to build interactive games. Niantic has recently collaborated with WB Games to create Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. The company has invested some more in augmented reality technology for the Pokemon Go game to make it look as real as possible. The new augmented reality features in Pokemon Go will create more realistic features and making it look more like 3D.
- 8. //08 A feature in the augmented reality technology is called reality blending. This will let your Pokemon in the game look more natural and real. Because of the advancement of augmented reality, now in Pokemon Go, the Pokemons are able to hide behind objects.