Hideo Kojima Announces AR Project With Pokémon Go Creator Niantic

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is collaborating with Niantic Spatial connected a caller AR project, announced this greeting arsenic portion of Kojima Productions' Beyond the Strand livestream.

Niantic Spatial is the caller sanction for Pokémon Go creator Niantic, pursuing its caller refocus solely astir AR applications and the merchantability of the bulk of its gaming portfolio — Pokémon Go, Monster Hunter Now and Pikmin Bloom — to Monoply Go shaper Scopely.

Doubling down connected its real-world augmented world gameplay, Niantic Spatial volition enactment with Kojima Productions connected a caller task glimpsed successful conception signifier today. "In the adjacent future, determination beyond the screen," a flashy teaser suggested. At 1 point, a antheral successful AR glasses scans a integer exemplary that has appeared connected apical of a real-world entity utilizing his telephone — thing that's precise Pokémon Go.

"I can't truly talk astir details yet but, if you're climbing a mountain... there's inactive amusement there," Kojima teased. "It's similar the existent Death Stranding successful the existent world, and you tin link with people, oregon you tin link with the existent situation determination successful your city. Previously it was similar virtual reality, but this clip I'm reasoning astir connecting with the existent environment."

"I anticipation that it creates [an environment] that brings radical unneurotic to play," said Niantic Spatial brag John Hanke. "If there's 1 happening request we person successful our nine close now, it's thing that unifies america and doesn't propulsion america apart. And I deliberation that storytelling... has ever been humanity's mode of coming together. And exertion tin enactment that. It tin disagreement it too, but with an inspiring creator it tin beryllium an important unit successful the world."

There was nary connection connected erstwhile Kojima and Niantic Spatial's task would launch.

This greeting we besides heard much from Kojima connected the Death Stranding movie and animated spin-off, saw a archetypal trailer for Xbox Game Studios rubric OD, and got a glimpse astatine artwork and casting details for Physint. Catch up connected each the announcements successful our everything announced astatine Hideo Kojima's Beyond the Strand livestream roundup.

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