Thursday, March 28, 2024

Google opens Maps to bring the real world into games

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Pokémon Go and other games that use real-world maps are all the rage, but theres a catch: they typically depend on semi-closed map frameworks that werent intended for gaming, forcing developers to jump through hoops to use that mapping info. Google doesnt want that to be an issue going forward. The search firm is both opening its Maps platforms real-time data and offering new software toolkits that will help developers build games based on that data.
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