A variety of IP-based "Pokemon Go" style ar games are emerging, and Google is making the process of developing such applications easier. According to Yingwei.com, Google announced today that the Google Maps API can now support developers to use Google Maps data to develop location-based ar games.
The Google Maps API has been integrated into Unity, and developers can use buildings and roads as GameObjects and add their own textures to cover the virtual game environment. More than 100 million attractions from more than 200 countries around the world can be used to develop digital playgrounds that belong to the developers themselves.
Alexandre Thabet, executive director of Ludia, the game developer of Jurassic World Alive, said: "After Google Maps data is integrated into Unity, we can concentrate on and develop a detailed virtual experience for users to support players in the real world looking for virtual dinosaurs. ."
In addition to Ludia, a range of IP projects are preparing to take advantage of this new API and ARCore. Next Games is preparing "The Walking Dead: Our World" based on "The Walking Dead", and FourThirtyThree is applying the Google Maps API in the upcoming "Ghostbusters World".
Han Sung Gin, executive director of FourThirtyThree, said: “Building games around real-world scenarios on a global scale and finding places that are relevant and interesting to users is quite challenging. The Google Maps API helps us integrate real-world user-related locations into games. By using Google's location data, users from all over the world can enjoy the virtual world of 'Ghostbusters'."
Companies like Mapbox and Motive.IO are also providing location services for developers of AR applications. However, Google Maps seems likely to be a catalyst for big IP to enter the ar game.
It is worth noting that Google itself is working hard to become a member of the ar game field. And strictly speaking, Google is working with the original organization Niantic to create a category-based ar game category through Ingress, which officially left Google in 2015 and launched Pokemon Go.
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