
The 3D scans Pokémon Go players are collecting are intended to create new possibilities in the game, but they will also give Niantic’s platform for AR developers an advantage over competitors. Having a system that can recognise 3D environments around the world makes it easier for developers to make shared AR experiences and environments that “exist” even when the user logs off.Īpple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google are all developing AR products that are likely to depend on a technique called simultaneous localisation and mapping or SLAM to continuously scan – and collect data about – the users’s physical environment. The next iPhone is rumored to have a powerful LiDAR scanner to create more detailed 3D scans, and better support Apple’s AR ecosystem.įacebook acquired the virtual reality (VR) company Oculus in 2014 for USD$2.3 billion, and Mark Zuckerberg frames success with VR as being key to the company’s AR ambitions. Keiichi Matsuda’s short film Hyper-Reality envisions an augmented reality future.Īs the Australian futurist Mark Pesce has argued This is well exemplified in LiveMaps, a technology demonstrated by Facebook’s Andrew Bosworth at the 2016 Oculus Connect developer conference. “by virtue of the way they operate, augmented reality systems must simultaneously act as very sophisticated surveillance systems”.Įver-growing unregulated collection of spatial data across the globe has the potential to create powerful systems of surveillance, control, and influence. We have examined this potential in detail in a recent report on the ethical implications of emerging mixed reality technologies. Like technologies such as facial recognition, granular spatial data might be used in order to dominate, oppress and discipline populations, and particularly the most marginalised in society. As awareness grows of the problems with facial recognition, companies such as IBM and Amazon have recently begun to distance themselves from the technology.
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We are also already seeing the rapid growth of an AR industry which doesn’t (at least solely) sell to the commercial market, instead selling to workplaces, law enforcement, security agencies and the military.A Pokemon fan has made a brilliant attempt at creating a free roam, 3D Pokemon game. The game is open world, and you control Ash, who has been trying to catch ’em all since 1997. You start with three Pokemon Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle and the combat is completely different.

Opposed to engaging a battle where you take turns, you can attack as frequently as you want, until your PP is empty.

Gone are the days where you need Rock Climb to scale mountains and Surf to cross rivers.
