Niantic’s preliminary exploration into blended actuality with its Peridot franchise is now out there on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Hey, Dot was launched earlier this 12 months on Quest 3 exploring blended actuality on Meta’s headset. The expertise permits you to direct one of many Dots with a finger level and alter their coloration utilizing a paint bucket. Now you are able to do the identical on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Hey, Dot is free to obtain on the visionOS App Retailer.
Final month, UploadVR solely reported that Niantic is planning to increase its expertise for Quest 3 headsets someday in 2025. The corporate informed UploadVR they have been trying to introduce playdates with different Dots on Quest headsets, in addition to cosmetics and toys. To this point, there is no phrase but on whether or not Apple headsets will obtain any additional add-ons past the preliminary expertise.
Niantic is greatest often known as the event studio behind cell gaming powerhouse Pokemon Go. Whereas few individuals use the AR options within the sport with their cellphone, the studio is growing a world map and different applied sciences that might finally energy spectacular experiences in blended actuality mode inside headsets in addition to AR glasses. A special expertise referred to as Peridot Past is obtainable for Snapchat glasses, and hints at what future social interactions is perhaps like in AR.