While we’re all stuck at home, virtual beasts plan to take over the world. Things are far less dramatic actually and concern a recent acquisition by Niantic, the company behind the popular AR game Pokemon Go (hence the virtual beasts reference). that Niantic has acquired 3D mapping startup 6D.ai in a bid to create a planet-scale augmented reality.

It’s not exactly clear what planet-scale AR actually is but we assume people will start seeing huge Pokemon and Ingress nodes all around the globe, once the idea comes to fruition. 6D.ai specializes in large AR reconstruction projects and 3D ...