Niantic filed 1 patent in 1 category: VR & AR (1).
The filing covers camera localization technology for augmented reality applications. The patent describes an AI-based system that uses random-sampled feature tokens and a foundation model to determine device position without requiring expensive 3D map construction.
Niantic's single VR & AR patent tackles the challenge of figuring out where a camera is positioned in the real world for augmented reality experiences. The system extracts feature tokens from reference images but randomly samples a fixed subset of them rather than processing every single token. This approach keeps the computational demands constant no matter how many reference images are stored, avoiding the ballooning costs that come with traditional 3D mapping pipelines. A foundation model trained to generalize across different locations handles the actual positioning work, eliminating the need to train separate models for each geographic area where AR experiences might run.
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