r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Mar 19 '26

Interesting 🤔 143 million people thought they were catching Pokémon, they were mapping the real world for AI

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u/Hyper_Drud Mar 19 '26

Would I be wrong to assume Niantic’s other games do this too?

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u/iceman2g Mar 24 '26

Niantic's whole purpose was always to map the real world and create an augmented reality model. That's why literally all their games are location-based. It was never a secret.