@tomglover.bsky.social
Global Communications at Niantic Spatial.
Congrats Henry!
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We're talking trend fatigue! 💤 Trend-hopping gets clicks, but at what cost to authenticity? Final takeaway: use trends with purpose.
Niantic Spatial’s @tomglover.bsky.social put it best when he said “It’s better to lean into strategic story-telling than just the meme.” ✨
#YAS2026 #Battenhall
Mapping the future of cities starts here. 🌍
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie visited the Niantic Spatial office, then joined CEO John Hanke for a walk through Fisherman’s Wharf to see how geospatial AI and Niantic VPS help robots & AR glasses understand the real world.
This week @nianticspatial.bsky.social announced an exciting new technology partnership with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS to bring the work of @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp into the real world. youtu.be/oKyj6CDUH64?...
25.09.2025 18:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Meet Dot, a cute local guide that helps you discover your surroundings. We partnered with Niantic Spatial and Snap, and developed the concept, UX and the AI brain that drives the experience. #creative #technology #AR #AI #context #peridot #hyperlocal
11.08.2025 15:10 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Niantic Spatial SDK brings centimeter-accurate outdoor VPS, live scene meshing, and semantic segmentation to Quest 3 & Quest 3S.
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/niantic-spat...
More news today from @NianticSpatial at #AWE - we’re teaming up with the imaginative minds at @MeowWolf to expand their universe beyond physical walls and into the world of #AR www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
11.06.2025 19:11 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0More exciting news from @nianticspatial.bsky.social today. We've announced a partnership with Snap Inc. to build a next generation #AI map that will serve as the foundation for #AR glasses and AI agents to understand, navigate and interact with the real world.
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New: I chatted with Niantic CEO John Hanke and other company brass about the bombshell decision to sell off Pokemon Go and the rest of the games business and pivot to enterprise AI. “It was like two bodies running a three-legged race,” one investor said.
www.forbes.com/sites/richar...
It’s a big day for @niantic-labs.bsky.social! We’ve reached an agreement for Scopely to acquire our games business and we’re spinning off our pioneering geospatial AI business into a new company, Niantic Spacial Inc.
12.03.2025 20:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Monster Hunter Wilds is relentlessly awesome. I used to play this game with my hands clawed around a PSP, fighting dragons on a tiny screen. It's so huge & beautiful now that it takes my breath away. Veterans be aware: the challenge starts AFTER the story's over
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/f...
Good to see that Peter Mandelson used, um, diplomatic language when @georgewparker.bsky.social asked him about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
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Meta sinks more than $100bn into virtual reality and smart glasses bet
https://www.ft.com/content/c513949e-3fc1-43a2-9358-363dff823bc1
Illustration of Amber outside Regenerating Gaming LTD, with people looking through the shop window or entering the shop, with Niantic and Safe In Our World logo.
"I was shy growing up and often felt people around me did not understand my hobbies. After I accepted who I am and the love I have for my hobbies, I was able to express myself more and naturally attracted other like-minded people." safeinourworld.org
We've been chatting with some friends of Safe In Our World! Starting with @cherebi.bsky.social 💚
We asked Amber for her thoughts on loneliness and how video games can help us build friendships and a sense of self.
Here's what she said about her own experience.
DeepSeek challenges the "bigger is better" narrative underpinning the AI arms race in recent years and suggests we may see more investment into smaller startups (Kevin Roose/New York Times)
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oh my god the fuckers are trying to destroy the best thing about Leicester Square so they can make a horrible windowless coffin hotel
28.01.2025 10:58 — 👍 35 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0Hello! 👋
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As well as Pokémon Go's first battle pass ahead of Unova Go Tour Global, we're also getting shiny Meloetta Masterwork research, a Pokédex update, and what sounds like an increase in wild spawns in both "number" and area 👀 A big week!
22.01.2025 18:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Between February 1st and March 31st, playing Monster Hunter Now will grant you rewards for Monster Hunter Wilds:
13.01.2025 13:55 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Amazing ❤️
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Beautiful if frosty morning in Stratford for a day of swimming 🏊♀️
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I cannot recommend enough that you read this op-ed written by Peter Thiel in the FT today (free to read!) for a direct look inside the mind and grievances of the libertarian tech billionaires who have helped Trump to power - and what they want next
www.ft.com/content/a46c...
The Silo is one of the best things on TV. Such a great end of work Friday bonus.
10.01.2025 22:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Scott Stein wraps up the smart glasses news from CES www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
09.01.2025 18:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0VG247 budget is committed to existing contracts in the short term, but over the next few months I'm anticipating some changes - freelancers, especially those with good interview and feature experience, make yourselves known.
06.01.2025 12:52 — 👍 43 🔁 19 💬 26 📌 1The Video Games Industry Memo reader starter pack is up now.
Get yourself added to it by liking this tweet ❤️
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Apple steps up expansion of its News platform
https://www.ft.com/content/48685786-f0fc-43dd-8bd4-c62011af8af1
Sources: Apple plans to expand Apple News in more countries and considered building locally focused news coverage in the UK; Apple News has 125M monthly users (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
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Planning a summer holiday? Here are the dates for this year’s #PokemonGOFest2025!
🌏 Osaka, Japan: May 29–June 1
🌎Jersey City, New Jersey: June 6–8
🌍Paris, France: June 13–15
Stay tuned for more information!
