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Niantic Inc., the maker of Pokemon Go and the upcoming Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game, announced plans to create a worldwide 3D map, with players of their games playing a large role. In an interview ...

Google’s AR-enabled Maps app was first teased at last year’s I/O, introducing a fox that helped you find your way when you held up your phone to look at the world. Google Maps’ AR walking navigation ...

Google just reinvented how we navigate our way around unfamiliar places. It's called Google Maps AR and it's solves all sorts of problems we currently experience when travelling with a GPS. You key in ...

Niantic CEO John Hanke revealed plans to create an AR map with Pokémon Go players’ help. The map would also be available to third-party developers and allow Niantic to create advanced AR apps. However ...

Recent job listings on Apple’s hiring page suggest the company is considering giving Apple Maps an AR overhaul. The move would keep pace with Google, which showed off an AR mapping feature for Google ...

At last year’s annual developer conference, Google announced that it would add a cool new AR navigation feature to its Maps platform especially aimed at people commuting often by walk in unknown ...