Official Pokémon GO screenshots of AR Playground and improved AR Encounter modes via Apple’s ARKit

Niantic recently revealed how it is working on enhancing Pokémon GO’s augmented reality features with Apple’s new ARKit. Utilizing this advance in AR, the developer is working to create new, fun and innovative ways to place Pokémon in the world around you, to view Pokémon and to use your phone camera to capture the moment. … Continue reading Official Pokémon GO screenshots of AR Playground and improved AR Encounter modes via Apple’s ARKit

Apple becomes one of the largest AR platforms partially thanks to Pokémon GO

Earlier this week, Apple announced it was launching ARKit, a new augmented reality tool that makes the iPhone one of the biggest AR platforms. During its 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference presentation, Apple showed off various ways ARKit can be used and the applications or games that will run through it. At the forefront was a … Continue reading Apple becomes one of the largest AR platforms partially thanks to Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO to support Apple’s new advanced augmented reality tool ARKit

Pokémon GO will be among the apps that support Apple's new advanced augmented reality tool, ARKit. During this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, the company showed off a brief demonstration of what ARKit might look like. ARKit will use “fast, stable motion tracking,” as well as scale estimation and ambient lighting estimation for a more immersive … Continue reading Pokémon GO to support Apple’s new advanced augmented reality tool ARKit