Niantic Spinoff Bets Big on Large Geospatial Models
ExtensionEcho3 · reddit · 2026-08-29
Niantic has spun off its physical AI business to focus on building "Large Geospatial Models" (LGM). Leveraging massive scan data from apps like Pokémon GO, LGM aims to help AI understand physical space like language. The article discusses how LGM empowers robots and AR glasses to navigate and interact in the real world.
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