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We built maps for people. Now, we’re building a new kind of map for robotics and AI. 🤖📍 Niantic Spatial CEO @JohnHanke shares why this foundation will be as essential to the future of AI as digital maps were for the web. 80% of the global economy operates in the physical world. For AI to truly scale, it must move beyond chatbots and synthetic worlds. It needs to navigate, understand, and safely interact with our reality. Read more: hubs.ly/Q0447MBx0 #PhysicalAI #SpatialIntelligence #NianticSpatial

Real-world spaces are becoming canvases for digital storytelling, where discovery happens not on a screen alone, but all around us. At SXSW 2026, Dennis Hwang, VP of Design & Interaction at Niantic Spatial—and the original Google Doodler behind the visual language of global AR experiences like Pokémon GO—shared, “Our technology can have a positive impact on our everyday surroundings, from activating large venues and communities to enabling industrial applications and the public sector.” Dennis was joined by Vince Kadlubek (@MeowWolf) and Scott Stein (@CNET), with Kati Murphy moderating a conversation on how augmented reality, geolocation, and narrative design are transforming everyday environments—from sidewalks and parks to entire cities—into interactive layers of meaning and play. From imagination to infrastructure, the takeaway was clear: when digital experiences are anchored in the real world, they don’t just add a layer—they invite people to move, play, and connect in entirely new ways. #NianticSpatial #MeowWolf #CNET #SXSW #XR #AR #ImmersiveEntertainment #Storytelling

Last week we announced our partnership with Coco Robotics — an important step in building the spatial infrastructure that general-purpose robots need to operate in the real world. Our Head of Strategic Partnerships, Kit Gilbert, has written about why that matters: why urban environments are such a hard problem, why geospatial intelligence is becoming a horizontal layer in the robotics stack, and why robots need a map as real as the world they inhabit. Read the full post 👇 hubs.ly/Q047msWK0 #NianticSpatial #CocoRobotics #Robotics #GeospatialAI #AI #PhysicalAI #VPS

Catch Dennis Hwang, VP of Design & Interaction at Niantic Spatial—and the original Google Doodler who helped shape the visual design behind global AR hits like Pokémon GO— at #SXSW2026 with Vince Kadlubek of @MeowWolf and Scott Stein of @CNET, moderated by Kati Murphy Learn more: hubs.ly/Q046zXV90 #NianticSpatial #MeowWolf #SXSW #CNET #XR #AR

For robots delivering in the real world, knowing exactly where they are matters. MIT @techreview explores how Niantic Spatial’s spatial technology is enabling more accurate robot delivery through its partnership with @CocoRobotics. Read more: hubs.ly/Q046nWsL0 #NianticSpatial #CocoRobotics #Robotics #VPS #AI #GeospatialAI #PhysicalAI

Niantic Spatial is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with Coco Robotics. Niantic Spatial will be a core infrastructure partner for Coco, deploying spatial AI and its Visual Positioning System (VPS) to further enhance the company’s advanced robot delivery fleet. Read the full announcement blog here: hubs.ly/Q046bByc0

When real-world meets immersive storytelling. For Paramount's @RunningManMovie promotions, Niantic Spatial’s @ingress helped turn real-world locations into part of the film’s narrative by inviting fans to participate in a live mission across the physical world. Read the full case study: hubs.ly/Q045WBy30 #NianticSpatial #Ingress #Paramount

🎙️ Niantic Spatial’s Head of Product Marketing @asimahmed joined @GabRoXR on XR AI Spotlight to discuss Large Geospatial Models (LGMs) and how we’re building a living map of the world — enabling AI, robots, and XR to understand and interact with the physical world. Watch more: hubs.ly/Q045NdW70 #NianticSpatial #SpatialIntelligence #GeospatialAI #AI #LLMtoLGM

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We built maps for people. Now, we’re building a new kind of map for robotics and AI. 🤖📍 Niantic Spatial CEO @JohnHanke shares why this foundation will be as essential to the future of AI as digital maps were for the web. 80% of the global economy operates in the physical world. For AI to truly scale, it must move beyond chatbots and synthetic worlds. It needs to navigate, understand, and safely interact with our reality. Read more: hubs.ly/Q0447MBx0 #PhysicalAI #SpatialIntelligence #NianticSpatial

In our latest blog, Hugh Hayden, Head of Go-To-Market at Niantic Spatial, explores how embodied AI systems, from robots to AR glasses, require a shared, continuously updating spatial foundation to reason, plan, and act in physical environments. 🔗Read more: hubs.ly/Q043-cd20 #NianticSpatial #EmbodiedAI #LLMtoLGM #SpatialIntelligence #PhysicalAI #GeospatialAI #AI #Robotics

$10T is pouring into AI — but intelligence can’t stay trapped on screens. The next leap must be into the physical world. John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Spatial, writes in The Information about the company is building a Large Geospatial Model so AI can understand, navigate, and act in the real world. 🔗Read more: hubs.ly/Q043dzXm0 #Paywall #NianticSpatial #JohnHanke #AI #Robotics #GeospatialAI #LLMtoLGM

With Scaniverse, every space can be captured, digitized, and transformed into a living, machine-readable twin. At Super Bowl LX Innovation Summit, we turned the venue into a live digital twin in minutes. Powered by Visual Positioning System, robots and phones shared the same spatial understanding — unlocking a true shared reality. Read more: hubs.ly/Q042V_6S0 #NianticSpatial #SuperBowl #Scaniverse #DigitalTwin #GaussianSplat #VPS #AI

🤖Imagine a future where robots, smartphones, AI glasses, and digital content all operate within the same shared reality. 🏈At the Super Bowl Innovation Summit, we demonstrated robots + AR content interacting in a shared space — all powered by spatial intelligence. 🔗Read more: hubs.ly/Q042MZBv0 #NianticSpatial #SuperBowl #AI #PhysicalAI #Robotics

what happens when a physical robot and digital AR content share the same reality? we built a two week “moonshot” demo @NianticSpatial exploring this as part of the bay area’s activities leading up to the @SuperBowl last week. our goal: showcase the innovation happening in sf and the future powered by physical AI. more: nianticspatial.com/blog/superbowl…

We’re heading to #DGI2026 in London 🇬🇧 Stop by our booth for live demos of precise geolocation powering real-world spatial intelligence. 📅 Book a meeting: hubs.ly/Q041RY6g0 #NianticSpatial #DGI #GeospatialAI #VPS #GIS

The Khronos Group glTF Gaussian splatting release candidate moves splats from research to production. Niantic Spatial is proud to share in this announcement as a core contributor and early adopter. hubs.ly/Q041Dth80 #NianticSpatial #Scaniverse #Khronos #GaussianSplats

🏈 🤖 The Super Bowl is coming to the Bay Area, so we brought the tech. At today’s Super Bowl LX Press Conference, Niantic Spatial kicked things off with a surprise appearance from our robot alongside @bayareaHC CEO, @Zaileenh. #NianticSpatial #SuperBowl #AI #Robotics

When GPS fails, operations don’t have to. Niantic Spatial’s Visual Positioning System (VPS) augments GPS w/ precise localization and smart wayfinding in indoor, underground & dense urban environments—unlocking reliable spatial intelligence at scale. 🔗hubs.ly/Q040XvSd0

For more than 25 years, Niantic Spatial has been doing what few others can: capturing the physical world at planetary scale and making it machine-readable. 🌎 This isn’t just a World Model. It’s an Earth Model. #NianticSpatial #WorldModels #LLMtoLGM #GeospatialAI #AI #XR #Robotics

Physical AI doesn’t work without imaging that understands the real world. That was the core takeaway from our session at @ImagingOrg Reconstructing and Localizing the World: Real-Time Imaging Advances. Watch the recording hubs.ly/Q0400lVK0 #NianticSpatial #AI #Imaging