Niantic is using images captured through its Pokémon Go app to train geospatial AI models for its spinout company Niantic Spatial, which aims to enable robots and AR glasses to understand and navigate the physical world with centimeter-level precision. The company has trained its model on 30 billion images from urban environments and is collaborating with delivery robot companies, though the practice is disclosed in the app's terms and conditions.
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Niantic is using images captured through its Pokémon Go app to train geospatial AI models for its spinout company Niantic Spatial, which aims to enable robots and AR glasses to understand and navigate the physical world with centimeter-level precision. The company has trained its model on 30 billion images from urban environments and is collaborating with delivery robot companies, though the practice is disclosed in the app's terms and conditions.