Niantic Labs – the corporate behind the well-known sport Pokemon Go, is developing with a pair of AR Glasses, the corporate’s CEO introduced on social media. “Exciting to see the progress we’re making to enable new kinds of devices to leverage our platform,” John Hanke, CEO of the Pokemon Go-maker mentioned in a tweet, accompanied by a teaser picture of the AR glasses. The picture shared by Hanke reveals a black-coloured body with “Niantic” branding on the aspect of the body in shiny orange color. While Niantic just isn’t identified for making {hardware}, it’s a well-known proven fact that it’s a heavy investor within the augmented actuality house. Reports have recommended that there could also be a branding partnership with a startup on a undertaking, however the picture shared by Hanke reveals a tool with first-party branding, main us to imagine that Niantic is, certainly, bringing a pair of AR glasses to the market.
The newest teaser from Niantic CEO additionally hints at the potential for a pair of “smart glasses.” The distinction between sensible glasses and AR glasses is that sensible glasses don’t include a show however focus on bringing audio or digital camera performance to a pair of glasses. Niantic had earlier mentioned that it’s working with Qualcomm to assist outline their reference design for XR {hardware} platform. As identified by TechCrunch, Niantic’s teaser comes after the corporate posted a job itemizing for a head of AR OS Engineering. “We are on an ambitious mission to turn the world into an Augmented Reality canvas which games and other applications can paint on top of,” the itemizing had mentioned.
Niantic additionally just lately introduced a partnership with Nintendo on a brand new AR title primarily based on Pikmin. Earlier this month, the corporate showed-off a proof-of-concept model of Pokemon GO on Microsoft’s HoloLens 2.
