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March 10, 2026

Niantic is building a ‘geospatial’ AI model based on Pokémon Go player data

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Niantic is building a ‘geospatial’ AI model based on Pokémon Go player data

TL;DR

  • Niantic is creating a 'Large Geospatial Model' (LGM) AI.
  • The LGM uses millions of world scans from Pokémon Go and Ingress players.
  • The AI aims to allow computers and robots to understand and interact with the world spatially.
  • It builds on Niantic's Visual Positioning System (VPS), which uses single images to determine position and orientation.
  • The data includes 3D geometry and semantic understanding of scanned locations.
  • The data is gathered from a pedestrian perspective, including areas inaccessible to cars.

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