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Niantic is acquiring 8th Wall<\/a>, a company that helps developers make web-based augmented reality apps, in what it says is its \u201clargest acquisition to date.\u201d The acquisition will help boost Niantic\u2019s Lightship developer platform and to help developers \u201crealize their visions for AR in the real-world metaverse,\u201d Niantic\u2019s Brian McClendon said in a blog post. (The company is a big fan<\/a> of the term \u201creal-world metaverse.\u201d) Terms of the deal weren\u2019t disclosed, and when asked, Niantic spokesperson Jen Stratton said the details were confidential.<\/p>\n

Niantic, the developer of the hugely popular Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em><\/a>, has continued to push into AR, most recently with a Pikmin<\/em>-themed app<\/a>. But the company has had some misses, having shut down both Catan: Settlers<\/em><\/a> and a Harry Potter<\/em>-themed AR game<\/a>. But given the acquisition announced Thursday, it seems that Niantic still believes in the potential for augmented reality apps and is aiming to make it easier for developers to make them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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