Building interactive content in the form of web pages is not limited by Android or iOS device platforms, and can even be used by devices without LiDAR sensors. At the same time, it can also be built using more than 100,000 activated Lightship visual positioning system locations ■ Your own WebAR mobile positioning experience, which includes street scenes or public landmarks, as well as parks, roads, businesses local and other places that the public can visit.
Niantic announced that it will bring the previously open Lightship visual positioning system to the web, so that more augmented reality content on the web in the form of WebVR can also use this system.
Currently, through the web version of the Lightship visual positioning system launched on the 8th Wall platform, the web version of WebAR-based augmented reality content can be anchored to different locations, allowing virtual objects to interact with the locations this, and enabling Augmented Reality web pages, content can be more personal, meaningful and authentic, and make users more willing to explore the world around them.
Through interaction on the web, crowds will be more easily guided to specific locations, such as statues in parks or storefronts in cities, and augmented reality will attract crowds to interact, creating real world value.
With the 8th Wall platform, developers, agencies, and brands can build interactive WebAR web experiences that can only participate in specific locations, emphasize geographically limited participation conditions, or use any number on Niantic’s AR maps, which launched Lightship There is a location that the visual positioning system establishes an augmented reality experience, which in turn increases the reach of the content.
Additionally, people can combine multiple Lightship visual positioning system experiences into a single project to create multi-point interactions, such as AR scavenger hunts or geographic AR games.
“Niantic believes that the real-world metaverse should provide opportunities for people to explore and connect with the world around them, and bringing Lightship VPS to the web is a key step forward in AR,” said John Hanke, CEO of Niantic. “Developers will be able to create a precise and permanent way to integrate real-life digital content into the real world. Early demonstrations from partners around the world are exciting, but we know this is just the beginning. We can’t wait to see what the developer community will create with this new all-in-one mobile AR experience.”
By building interactive content in the form of web pages, it is not limited by the platform of Android or iOS devices, and can be used even by devices that do not have LiDAR sensing functions. Build your own mobile-targeted WebAR experiences, including street scenes or public landmarks, and more accessible spaces like parks, roads, local businesses, and more.
