Niantic today launched its Lightship Visual Positioning System at its first developer summit. The system aims to form an underlying 3D map of the world so that AR devices can share the same frame of ...

The simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)-based lidar scanner allows users to accurately digitize environments. With the ability to capture indoor, outdoor and underground environments, this ...

Researchers have developed an innovative positioning system that enhances the versatility and accuracy of drone-viewpoint mixed reality (MR) applications by aligning real and virtual world coordinates ...

Scape Technologies announced last week that it has raised an $8 million seed investment for a visual positioning system that it says can provide centimeter-accurate location data at city-scale. Such a ...

Niantic Inc., the developer of the popular augmented reality game “Pokemon Go” and the Lightship AR platform, today released the Lightship Visual Positioning System for developers, with more than ...

Niantic Spatial and Vantor are building a comprehensive positioning solution that will enable air and ground platforms to navigate and coordinate precisely in GPS-denied environments. The joint ...

Topcon Positioning Systems and Fixposition have entered an agreement to collaborate on integrated technology for future product offerings. This press release features multimedia. View the full release ...

The visual positioning system mapped hundreds of thousands of landscape features on survey flights over two test routes. Credit: Daedalean Leonardo Helicopters has tested the performance of ...

WASHINGTON — Vantor, an Earth intelligence firm formerly known as Maxar Intelligence, said Dec. 16 it is partnering with Niantic Spatial to develop navigation technology for military platforms ...