We're always adding new tools to Niantic Studio to help you build more engaging and complex WebXR experiences and 3D web games. Today, we're rolling out Niantic Maps for Web and Spaces, two features that make creating location-based experiences and multi-level gameplay easier than ever.
During the Paris 2024 Games, fans from around the world gathered in specially created fan zones to share the excitement of the games and celebrate together. The Netherlands hosted their TeamNL House in the iconic Le Zenith concert hall in Paris, offering Dutch supporters a place to unite and to celebrate their top athletes during the event. To elevate this unique fan experience, Orb Amsterdam and Ocean Outdoor collaborated to create a stunning WebXR activation that brought the Dutch Olympic spirit to life on a monumental scale, powered by Niantic 8th Wall and Niantic VPS.
Our August update for Niantic Studio is here, and with it comes a suite of powerful new features for building immersive real-world experiences. In this release, we're excited to announce Gaussian splatting support in Niantic Studio, expanded tooling for 3D modeling and UI design, and comprehensive engagement analytics.
Rock in Rio, the legendary multi-day music festival, has been captivating audiences in Rio de Janeiro since 1985. As the festival prepares to kick off its 40th anniversary on September 13th, 2024, organizers have unveiled an extraordinary celebration that merges the past and present through the power of augmented reality. This year, Rock in Rio is transporting attendees back in time with an immersive WebAR experience powered by Niantic 8th Wall, transforming 40 locations across the vibrant streets of Rio into a real-world AR museum and interactive rock gallery
We’re excited to introduce an all-new way for developers on our Pro Tier to build location-based experiences with Private VPS, now available in Public Beta.
Today, we’re excited to announce Niantic Studio, a new visual editor and web gaming engine for Niantic 8th Wall developers that offers an entirely new way to build immersive 3D and XR experiences.
Traditionally, building web-based XR and 3D experiences has been a code-intensive process with little visual feedback of what you’re building. But with Niantic Studio, now in public beta, developers have a visual interface that makes everything you create accessible and visible in real time. With this new release, developers and creators of all skill levels can now start building with Niantic 8th Wall.
In 2021, the introduction of Metaversal Deploymentwas a groundbreaking milestone in the evolution of augmented reality. It changed the way developers create and deploy WebAR experiences by seamlessly bridging the gap between various devices using the mobile browser. And today, we're thrilled to share the enhancements we've made to our engine, propelling Metaversal Deployment to new heights of performance and versatility.
Today, we’re introducing Niantic Lightship Maps for Web, a new service from Niantic integrated into the 8th Wall platform that allows developers to easily add customizable maps to any 8th Wall project.
Around the world, as shelter-in-place protocols begin to ease and people slowly step out of their homes, we’re urged to maintain a safe distance of 6ft (or at least 1.5 meters) from one another. Grocery stores are using tape to mark the ground at 6ft intervals between patrons, and public parks are painting “social distancing circles” onto their lawns.