Pokemon Go maker Niantic acquires 3D scanning app Scaniverse

Another 3D-scanning tool has been acquired by a company aspiring to make a metaverse.

A few weeks ago, Epic Games acquired 3D asset repositorySketchfab.

Now Niantic just acquired Scaniverse, a phone app that scans real-world objectsusing lidar.

Niantic is planning its own AR glasses concept, but is also collaborating with companies likeQualcommandMicrosoft.

Last year, Nianticacquired the company 6d.aito build crowdsourced scans of the real world into persistent AR-ready maps.

More recently, Niantic revealed its toolkit for makingreal world-based social AR experiences.

For now, we’re calling these ‘reality channels’ to give the idea a name.