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Tamagotchi meets Pokémon Go in Niantic Labs' upcoming 'Peridots' game

Niantic Labs, developer of Pokémon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, is working on an original AR mobile game.

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Niantic Labs started out as a division of Google working on the mobile augmented reality (AR) game Ingress, but after becoming an independent company in 2015, the company focused on AR games based on third-party media franchises (like Pokémon Go). Niantic today revealed its first original game since Ingress and Ingress Prime, called Peridot.

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Niantic could expand into augmented reality space with newly teased AR glasses

Niantic could be working on its first-ever wearable that could possibly include augemented reality capabilities. Check them out!

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Niantic is a popular name when it comes to augmented reality (AR). The company started off with Ingress and soon after took the world by storm by launching Pokémon GO, bringing the popular franchise to the mobile platform with an AR twist. In a recent tweet, John Hanke, CEO at Niantic has teased a pair of Niantic branded glasses, which could be the company’s first-ever augmented reality wearable device.