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Re:A Peek Inside the Niantic Real World AR Platform by eksemplar on Friday June 29, 2018 @05:47AM (#17423499)
I think the most interesting part about niantic is how they’ve made hundreds of millions play Pokémon go without niantic ever realizing that the main attraction, wasn’t the AR.
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Re:A Peek Inside the Niantic Real World AR Platform by mustacheemperor on Friday June 29, 2018 @02:33PM (#17426556)
To quote CharlesW's comment below,

>If you think beyond video, Pokémon's AR was a home run.

>My kids know where Pokémon are most likely to live. They know where the gyms are. Their reality has definitely been augmented.

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