Google Charts Course for Location-Based AR Apps via Maps API

Franchises left and right are releasing Pokémon Go-style augmented reality games, and Google is making it even easier to churn out the apps. Announced today via a company blog post, the Google Maps API now enables developers to build their own location-based games using Maps data. The Google Maps API integrates with Unity, where developers can access landmarks such as buildings and roads as GameObjects and add their own textures to overlay their virtual game environments. More than 100 million points of interest from more than 200 countries worldwide are available to build these digital... more

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