Kojima Productions is creating what seems to be to be an augmented actuality (AR) title in collaboration with Niantic Spatial.
Niantic Spatial CEO John Hanke joined Hideo Kojima on stage throughout Kojima Productions’ tenth anniversary celebration to verify the 2 corporations have partnered on a mission that may “push the boundaries of what is potential in interactive storytelling.”
“At Niantic Spatial, we’re constructing a residing mannequin of the world that individuals and machines can discuss to, creating a brand new canvas for real-world storytelling and interplay,” mentioned Hanke. “We’re delighted to be working with Kojima Productions to discover what our mixed creativity and innovation can accomplish for brand spanking new and current followers.”
The announcement was accompanied by a trailer dubbed ‘Kojima Productions and Niantic Spatial: A New Daybreak‘ that reveals an individual sporting what look to be sensible glasses wandering the actual world in the hunt for digital artifacts and different curious holograms.
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Niantic Spatial at the moment operates a number of AR titles together with Ingress Prime and Peridot.
Firm boss Hanke beforehand oversaw the event of different main AR releases like Pokemon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now earlier than promoting Niantic’s online game division to Saudi-owned writer Scopely for $3.5 billion.
That deal noticed Niantic Labs (which homes Niantic’s recreation growth groups and titles like Pokémon GO and Pikmin Bloom) transfer underneath the Scopely umbrella.
Hanke then established a brand new offshoot known as Niantic Spatial to “lead the way forward for geospatial AI by constructing spatial intelligence that helps individuals higher perceive, navigate, and interact with the bodily world.”
The enterprise pivot resulted in a variety of staff being laid off by Niantic Spatial, regardless of the corporate beginning out with $250 million of capital—together with $200 million from Niantic’s stability sheet and a $50 million funding from Scopely.
