Lightship ARDK

Niantic's professional-grade toolkit for building planetary-scale AR experiences using the same mapping and occlusion tech powering Pokémon GO.

Lightship ARDK delivers the core engine behind Pokémon GO to Unity developers. It features Semantic Segmentation to identify 10+ real-world categories (sky, water, foliage) and provides real-time depth sensing for realistic occlusion. The Visual Positioning System (VPS) enables centimeter-level localization at 100,000+ global locations. This stack supports persistent, multiplayer AR sessions where digital objects interact naturally with physical geometry.

https://lightship.dev