Videos: Pokémon GO developer Niantic shares three more videos from its Beyond Reality Developer Contest

Pokémon GO developer Niantic has shared more videos from its Beyond Reality Developer Contest:

Niantic’s Beyond Reality Developer Contest

Niantic’s Beyond Reality Developer Contest provided developers with the opportunity to create their own augmented reality (AR) experiences leveraging the same technology powering our products including Pokémon GO, Ingress, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Experience the adventure as we highlight the ten finalists that created exciting new explorations of geospatial AR, all built on top of the Niantic Real World Platform.

Niantic’s Monodepth and Immersive AR Demo

At Niantic, we are pushing the technological boundaries to enable experiences that haven’t been addressed yet. One illusion-breaking shortcoming of the current state of AR visuals we’re looking to solve is the lack of occlusion, or the ability of your AR subjects to move behind objects, either partially or completely. But there’s more to an immersive AR experience than simply avoiding breaking an illusion – adding the concept of depth allows characters to understand their environment and act more naturally. Occlusion utilizes powerful computer vision where AR elements understand and interact with the real world and objects within them.

Dibs Studio – Niantic’s Beyond Reality Developer Contest Developer Profile

As we highlight our contest finalists, step into the world of Wild SanctuARy developed by Dibs Studio. In this application, gamers play the role of eco-activist who have banded together to prevent the next mass extinction.