A decade after Pokémon Go's global popularity, an AI company is using billions of images captured by players to develop navigation technologies for robots and possibly military drones. This raises questions about the game's impact on technology and how player data can be used in various fields.
Niantic Spatial, a company spun out of the Pokémon Go developer, utilizes scans from millions of Pokémon Go players as part of training AI systems that understand physical environments. While these models are not direct copies of the scan data, they incorporate geographic information from real-world points of interest like statues and fountains to create a 3D representation of the physical world.
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