The hit mobile game Pokémon GO has come under scrutiny following claims that images captured within the app may have been ...

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

US video game developer Niantic has revealed that its Pokemon Go players have helped create a huge dataset of more than 30 ...

Pokémon Go is a smartphone game that blends the real and digital worlds, tasking players with exploring their neighborhoods ...

The data collected by the AR games now consists of more than 30 billion images captured from different angles, times of day, ...

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

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

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

What started as a simple mobile game in 2016 is now helping machines navigate cities with precision. The millions of Pokémon Go players roaming cities and other places unknowingly created ...

Niantic Spatial, a spinout of the game maker behind the mobile phenomenon, is putting all that AR creature-catching data to interesting use. Walking down the street to scavenge for creatures like ...

Over 10 years of Pokémon GO location mapping data is being used to help power Coco Robotics' autonomous couriers, helping ...