Niantic Lightship

AI spatial computing platform for real-world AR experiences

AR/VR & SpatialFreemium

Niantic Lightship is a developer platform for building augmented reality experiences grounded in the real world, built on the same spatial AI technology powering Pokémon GO and Pikmin Bloom. Its Visual Positioning System (VPS) enables persistent, location-anchored AR — virtual objects remain in place when users return to a location days later. Lightship's semantic segmentation AI understands the physical environment in real time (sky, ground, buildings, vegetation), enabling AR experiences that realistically interact with real-world surfaces without markers.

Key Features

• ✓Visual Positioning System
• ✓Persistent AR
• ✓Semantic segmentation
• ✓Real-world grounding
• ✓Location anchoring
• ✓Pokemon GO tech