Niantic bought a company that was crowdsourcing a 3D map of the world, and now it’s looking to leverage its network of gamers to help it create an AR platform that will outmaneuver Apple and Facebook’s parallel efforts. Niantic’s Real World Platform is only in preview, while Apple, Facebook and Google have launched dozens of … Continue reading Niantic’s engineering chief explains why a gaming company is building a 3D map of the world