Niantic announces ‘Niantic Lightship’ and its accompanying Augmented Reality Developer Kit
In Augmented Reality News May 12, 2021 – Niantic, developer of Pokémon GO, and provider of a ‘planet-scale’ augmented reality (AR) platform, has announced that its ‘Niantic Real World Platform’ is getting a new name — Niantic Lightship — and that the company will be offering broader access to the new Niantic Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit (ARDK), enabling developers to build their own immersive, imaginative and unique AR applications. Niantic Lightship encompasses the full Niantic platform, including the suite of tools and services that power Niantic games, from Ingress