We are excited to launch @LightshipAR with so amazing partners like Coachella, Warner Music, the PGA, Royal Historic Palaces & more.

We have another dozen partners building on Lightship that we will announce at intervals over the next six months.

There is so much to come.

— Megan Quinn (@msquinn) November 8, 2021

talked to @johnhanke about Niantic’s goal to become an AR platform for other apps https://t.co/CZOQ9KH8YX

— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) November 8, 2021

I love Niantic and this is so exciting. The team has worked so hard for this day to happen. Congrats team!!!!! https://t.co/jz4UOuQFM5

— Recall 欺善暴丁 (@cyantist) November 8, 2021

“Metaverse” has lost all meaning. This is just the same AR stuff we’ve been seeing for years from Niantic, Snap, Apple, etc. https://t.co/XjcVT7ktDI

— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) November 8, 2021

Real World Metaverse is the new catchphrase I see https://t.co/i65xLFDCE1

— Kevin Marks (@kevinmarks) November 8, 2021

If I’m drinking any kook-aid, it’s Niantic’s. https://t.co/xnd85qeMgn

— AleXR CoXR (@AlexCox) November 8, 2021

Huge for the metaverse future I dream about for my kids. https://t.co/z8JF8aWOaj

— Scoble (@Scobleizer) November 8, 2021

Today we @NianticLabs are launching the world’s first & only scaled AR platform: @LightshipAR. We’re so confident in the power of Lightship to build transformative AR companies across industries that we’re also launching a $20M fund to back entrepreneurs.https://t.co/UdXPAIrNrw

— Megan Quinn (@msquinn) November 8, 2021

how many location-based AR games can exist/be viable?
* Ingress was popular because it was 1st
* PoGo had IP
I feel like success comes down to IP (though HP one failed). There will be more novel interaction methods to come, but 1st party will always get force & popularize, no?

— Abner Li (@technacity) November 8, 2021

Get all the details in the blog: https://t.co/GAzLDDAbZW

— Niantic - BUILDING THE REAL-WORLD METAVERSE ? (@NianticLabs) November 8, 2021

We’re SUPER excited to announce that today we're launching the Lightship ARDK (augmented reality developer kit) to the world! #VamosNiantic https://t.co/r1ZZkg4mbz

— omar h tellez (@ohtellez) November 8, 2021

.@johnhanke on FB's vision of the metaverse: "Immersion in a 3D world might be an entertainment experience...But that’s not where you’ll spend the majority of your life. I don’t need to make a conference room look like a cartoon Tahiti." via @stevenlevy https://t.co/TIiGSBqXSz

— Lauren Goode (@LaurenGoode) November 8, 2021

‘AR Is Where the Real Metaverse Is Going to Happen’

Facebook might aim to build an all-immersive digital matrix, but @NianticLabs CEO @johnhanke tells us that what he plans to do is take reality—and make it better.https://t.co/1AB3H5IX1n /by @StevenLevy for @wired

— Louis Gray (@louisgray) November 8, 2021