Build Niantic Lightship VPS Augmented Reality Experience

Are you interested in creating immersive and interactive AR experiences at real-world locations? Do you want to learn how to use the latest technology from Niantic, the makers of Pokemon Go and Ingress, to build location-based AR apps with Unity 3D engine? If yes, then this course is for you!

In this course, you will learn how to use Niantic Lightship VPS, a service that enables developers to accurately localize users, their devices, and persist AR content at any VPS-activated location. You will also learn how to use Niantic Lightship ARDK, a toolset that offers the best world-mapping, semantic segmentation, and shared AR feature sets.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand what Niantic Lightship VPS is all about

• Understand the basics of Niantic Lightship VPS and how it works with Niantic Lightship ARDK.

• Scan real-world locations using the Niantic Wayfarer app and submit them to Niantic to be registered as VPS-activated Wayspots.

• How to anchor virtual experiences and content to your Niantic VPS-activated Wayspots

• Create a Unity project and import the Niantic Lightship ARDK package.

• Set up your project settings and configure your device for testing.

• Use the Lightship VPS SDK to localize users and their devices at VPS-activated locations.

• Build a location-based AR app using Unity 3D engine and deploy it to your device.

This course is suitable for anyone who has some experience with Unity 3D engine and C# programming. You will also need a compatible device that supports ARCore or ARKit, and a Niantic account to access the Lightship VPS service.

If you are ready to start building the real-world metaverse with Niantic Lightship VPS and Unity 3D engine, enroll in this course today!