How Niantic Spatial is turning a decade of 30 billion crowdsourced photos and data into the most precise urban navigation ...

If you played Pokémon Go, there's a chance you helped with the development of training robots and AI.

A massive databse built by players of Pokémon Go is now being used Coco Robotics to help its street delivery robots better ...

A 30-billion-image dataset built by players over the last decade is now being used to train an AI navigation system ...

Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players.

Pokémon Go creator Niantic is using players' augmented reality data to help train delivery robots. Now rebranded as Niantic ...

Niantic Spatial, a spinout of the game maker behind the mobile phenomenon, is putting all that AR creature-catching data to interesting use.

The early augmented reality smartphone app prompted hundreds of millions of players to wander into parks, parking lots, and even dimly lit alleyways, peering through their phone cameras in search of ...

Niantic’s spatial AI, built partly from optional scans submitted through its AR games, is now helping delivery robots ...

Pokémon Go players unknowingly trained delivery robots for years after generating over 30 billion scans that Niantic has now repurposed to power Coco Robotics’ autonomous bots ...

Coco Robotics says its Coco 2 delivery robot can reach 13 mph on streets and bike lanes, using Niantic Spatial mapping to improve navigation in dense cities.

Each robot employs multiple cameras to perceive its surrounding environment, matching those visual inputs against Niantic ...