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| industry = [[Mobile application]]s, [[mobile game]]s, [[alternate reality game]]s | industry = [[Mobile application]]s, [[mobile game]]s, [[alternate reality game]]s

| products = ''[[Ingress (video game)|Ingress]]'', Field Trip, ''Endgame'', ''[[Pokémon GO]]'' | products = ''[[Ingress (video game)|Ingress]]'', Field Trip, ''Endgame'', ''[[Pokémon GO]]''

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− '''Niantic, Inc.''' is a [[software development]] company best known for developing the [[ augmented reality ]] [[mobile game]]s ''[[Ingress (video game)|Ingress]]''<ref name="hanley">{{cite web|last1=Frank| first1 =Blair Hanley|title=Google’s Niantic Labs merges another virtual world with reality in upcoming game|url= http://www.geekwire.com/2015/googles-niantic-labs-merges-another-virtual-world-with-reality-in-upcoming-game/| website= Geekwire.com| publisher=Geek Wire|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=inc/> and ''[[Pokémon GO]]''. It was formed by [[Keyhole, Inc.]] founder [[John Hanke]] in 2010 as '''Niantic Labs''', an [[startup company# internal startups|internal startup]] at [[Google]] . <ref name=inc/> It spun out of Google as an independent entity in October 2015 , soon after Google's announcement of its restructuring as [[Alphabet Inc . ]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Kessler| first= Sarah| title=Can A Startup Live Inside Google? Niantic Labs, Creators Of Field Trip And "Ingress" Try|url= http://www.fastcompany.com/3004551/can-startup-live-inside-google-niantic-labs-creators-field-trip-and-ingress-try |work=Fast Company|accessdate=May 22, 2013}}</ref> <ref name=techcrunch>{{cite web| work=Tech Crunch|url= http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/12/niantic-labs-maker-of-ingress-spun-out-as-its-own-company/ |title=Niantic Labs, Maker Of Ingress, Spun Out Of Google As Its Own Company |last=Olanoff |first=Drew| date= 12 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=fortune>{{cite web|work=Fortune| url= http://fortune.com/2015/08/13/googles-niantic-labs-spins-off/ |date= 13 August 2015|title=Google's internal start-up Niantic Labs spins off| last=Groden| first=Claire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Ingress |title=Important Account Information: Niantic Labs is becoming an independent company...|url= https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/GVvbYZzWyTT|accessdate=August 12, 2015|work=Ingress Google+ page|publisher=Google}}</ref> + '''Niantic, Inc.''' is an American [[software development]] company based in [[ San Francisco ]] , California. The company was founded in 2010 by [[John Hanke]] as '''Niantic Labs''', an [[startup company# Internal startups|internal startup]] at [[Google]] , <ref name=inc/> before it was spun out of Google as an independent entity in 2015.<ref name=techcrunch>{{cite web| work=Tech Crunch|url= http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/12/niantic-labs-maker-of-ingress-spun-out-as-its-own-company/ |title=Niantic Labs, Maker Of Ingress, Spun Out Of Google As Its Own Company |last=Olanoff |first=Drew| date=August 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name=fortune>{{cite web|work=Fortune| url= http://fortune.com/2015/08/13/googles-niantic-labs-spins-off/ |date=August 13, 2015|title=Google's internal start-up Niantic Labs spins off| last=Groden| first=Claire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Ingress |title=Important Account Information: Niantic Labs is becoming an independent company...|url= https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/GVvbYZzWyTT|accessdate=August 12, 2015|work=Ingress [[ Google+ ]] page|publisher=Google}}</ref>

− Niantic ' s systems <ref>{{ Cite web|url= https ://www. nianticlabs .com/ jobs /| title=Employment Opportunities {{!}} Niantic| website= www.nianticlabs .com| access-date = 2016-07-07 }}</ref> utilize high throughput real-time geospatial querying and indexing techniques to process more than 200 million game actions per day as people interact with real and virtual objects in the physical world. + Niantic is perhaps best known for developing the [[augmented reality]] [[mobile game]] s , ''[[Ingress (video game)|Ingress]]'' in 2012, <ref name="hanley" >{{ cite web |last1=Frank| first1 =Blair Hanley|title=Google’s Niantic Labs merges another virtual world with reality in upcoming game |url= http ://www. geekwire .com/ 2015/googles-niantic-labs-merges-another-virtual-world-with-reality-in-upcoming-game /| website= Geekwire .com| publisher = Geek Wire|accessdate=March 18, 2015 }}</ref> <ref name=inc/> and ''[[Pokémon Go]]'' together with [[The Pokemon Company]] in 2016.

== History == == History ==

− The company takes its name from the whaling vessel ''[[Niantic (whaling vessel)|Niantic]]'', which came to [[San Francisco]] during the [[California Gold Rush]].<ref name=inc>{{cite web|last1=Markowitz|first1=Eric|title=Exclusive: Inside the Mind of Google's Greatest Idea Man, John Hanke|url=http://www.inc.com/eric-markowitz/inside-the-mind-of-googles-greatest-idea-man.html|website=Inc.com|accessdate= 19 June 2015|date= 20 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="Upbin2012">{{cite web|last=Upbin|first=Bruce|title=The Niantic Project: What Is Google Up To?|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2012/11/08/the-niantic-project-what-is-google-up-to/|work=Forbes|accessdate=May 22, 2013}}</ref> The fictional in-game investigative project that provides the narrative premise for ''[[Ingress (video game)|Ingress]]'' is similarly named The Niantic Project. + The company takes its name from the whaling vessel ''[[Niantic (whaling vessel)|Niantic]]'', which came to [[San Francisco]] during the [[California Gold Rush]].<ref name=inc>{{cite web|last1=Markowitz|first1=Eric|title=Exclusive: Inside the Mind of Google's Greatest Idea Man, John Hanke|url=http://www.inc.com/eric-markowitz/inside-the-mind-of-googles-greatest-idea-man.html|website=Inc.com|accessdate=June 19, 2015|date=December 20, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Upbin2012">{{cite web|last=Upbin|first=Bruce|title=The Niantic Project: What Is Google Up To?|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2012/11/08/the-niantic-project-what-is-google-up-to/|work=Forbes|accessdate=May 22, 2013}}</ref> The fictional in-game investigative project that provides the narrative premise for ''[[Ingress (video game)|Ingress]]'' is similarly named The Niantic Project.

− Niantic's first product, published in 2012, was Field Trip, a [[location-based media|location-based]] mobile app which acts as your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you. Their first augmented reality mobile game ''Ingress'' followed in November 2012 as an invite-only Android app. It was opened to the public in October 2013 and an [[iOS]] version was released in July 2014. Niantic's next announced mobile game, ''Endgame'', "is" (unreleased) a [[transmedia storytelling]] project consisting of an [[alternate reality game]], '' [[ Endgame: Ancient Truth ]] '', novels by [[James Frey]] starting with ''[[Endgame: The Calling]]'', and the mobile app, ''[[Endgame: Proving Ground]]''.<ref name="hanley"/><ref>Rosenblatt, Seth ''[http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/googles-niantic-follows-ingress-with-endgame/ Google's Niantic follows Ingress with Endgame]'' Cnet retrieved 9th Sept 2014</ref><ref name=venturebeat>{{cite web|work=Venture Beat|url=http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/17/googles-niantic-labs-embarks-on-a-giant-interactive-transmedia-project-with-novelist-james-frey/|date= 17 December 2014|title=Google’s Niantic Labs embarks on a giant interactive transmedia project with controversial author James Frey|last=Takahashi|first=Dean}}</ref><ref name=vergeendgame>{{cite web|work=The Verge|url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/28/5944583/google-is-helping-james-frey-build-a-sci-fi-juggernaut-with-endgame|date= 28 July 2014|last=Robertson|first=Adi|title=Google is helping James Frey build a multimedia sci-fi juggernaut}}</ref> + Niantic's first product, published in 2012, was Field Trip, a [[location-based media|location-based]] mobile app which acts as your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you. Their first augmented reality mobile game ''Ingress'' followed in November 2012 as an invite-only Android app. It was opened to the public in October 2013 and an [[iOS]] version was released in July 2014. Niantic's next announced mobile game, ''Endgame'', "is" (unreleased) a [[transmedia storytelling]] project consisting of an [[alternate reality game]], ''Endgame: Ancient Truth'', novels by [[James Frey]] starting with ''[[Endgame: The Calling]]'', and the mobile app, ''[[Endgame: Proving Ground]]''.<ref name="hanley"/><ref>Rosenblatt, Seth ''[http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/googles-niantic-follows-ingress-with-endgame/ Google's Niantic follows Ingress with Endgame]'' Cnet retrieved September 9, 2014</ref><ref name=venturebeat>{{cite web|work=Venture Beat|url=http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/17/googles-niantic-labs-embarks-on-a-giant-interactive-transmedia-project-with-novelist-james-frey/|date=December 17, 2014|title=Google’s Niantic Labs embarks on a giant interactive transmedia project with controversial author James Frey|last=Takahashi|first=Dean}}</ref><ref name=vergeendgame>{{cite web|work=The Verge|url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/28/5944583/google-is-helping-james-frey-build-a-sci-fi-juggernaut-with-endgame|date=July 28, 2014|last=Robertson|first=Adi|title=Google is helping James Frey build a multimedia sci-fi juggernaut}}</ref>

− Initially, Niantic had taken an alternative approach to monetization, veering away from more traditional mobile application development standards such as ad placements and [[Microtransaction|in-app purchases]]. However, following the split with Google in 2015, in-app purchasing was implemented for ''Ingress''. Founder and CEO John Hanke has noted that ''Ingress'' is a sort of proof of concept, adding that a next step could involve packaging [[application programming interface]]s (APIs) from the ''Ingress'' application in order to entice developers.<ref>{{cite web|work=The Verge|url=http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/13/5207176/the-everywhere-arcade-how-google-is-turning-location-into-a-game-platform|date= 13 December 2013|last=Newton|first=Casey|title=The everywhere arcade: How Google is turning location into a game platform}}</ref> Existing partners, marketed through the narrative of Ingress rather than direct marketing techniques, include [[Hint Water]], [[Vodafone]], [[Motorola]], [[AXA]], [[SoftBank]], [[Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group]], [[Lawson (store)]] and [[Ito En]].<ref>{{cite web|work=GEEK|url=http://www.geek.com/mobile/google-makes-ingress-codes-available-through-hint-water-partnership-1540960/|date= 25 February 2013|last=Holly|first=Russell|title=Google makes Ingress codes available through HINT water partnership}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=John Hanke Google+ Page |url=https://plus.google.com/+JohnHanke/posts/CbNV7nALAHJ |date= 19 August 2013 |last=Hanke |first=John |title=Vodofone Germany Announcement |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160327093758/https://plus.google.com/+JohnHanke/posts/CbNV7nALAHJ |archivedate=March 27, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Ingress Youtube Page|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIVzLHE6Fnk#t=4m32s|date= 1 August 2013|last=Niantic Labs|first=Inc.|title=Ultra Strike Weapon Revealed - INGRESS REPORT - EP19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=AXA Press Release|url=http://www.axa.com/lib/en/library/pr/group/2014/axa-and-google-niantic-labs-partner.aspx|date= 16 December 2014|first=Inc.|last=AXA Financial|title=AXA and Google's Niantic Labs Partner to Integrate 20,000 Global Retail Agencies into Ingress' Interactive'Real World' Mobile Gameplay Experience}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Softbank Press Release|url=http://www.softbank.jp/mobile/special/ingress/|date= 27 July 2015|first=Corp.|last=Softbank Group|title=ソフトバンクショップがIngressに登場！}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=MUFG Press Release|url=http://www.bk.mufg.jp/ingress/en/|date= 20 June 2015|first=Ltd.|last=The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ|title=BTMU announces a partnership with "Ingress", using its vast network of branches and ATMs as portals in Japan!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=ITO EN Press Release|url=https://www.itoen.co.jp/news/detail/id=24447|date= 31 July 2015|first=Ltd.|last=Ito En|title=スマートフォン用モバイルゲームアプリ「Ingress」（※）とコラボレーション}}</ref> + Initially, Niantic had taken an alternative approach to monetization, veering away from more traditional mobile application development standards such as ad placements and [[Microtransaction|in-app purchases]]. However, following the split with Google in 2015, in-app purchasing was implemented for ''Ingress''. Founder and CEO John Hanke has noted that ''Ingress'' is a sort of proof of concept, adding that a next step could involve packaging [[application programming interface]]s (APIs) from the ''Ingress'' application in order to entice developers.<ref>{{cite web|work=The Verge|url=http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/13/5207176/the-everywhere-arcade-how-google-is-turning-location-into-a-game-platform|date=December 13, 2013|last=Newton|first=Casey|title=The everywhere arcade: How Google is turning location into a game platform}}</ref> Existing partners, marketed through the narrative of Ingress rather than direct marketing techniques, include [[Hint Water]], [[Vodafone]], [[Motorola]], [[AXA]], [[SoftBank]], [[Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group]], [[Lawson (store)]] and [[Ito En]].<ref>{{cite web|work=GEEK|url=http://www.geek.com/mobile/google-makes-ingress-codes-available-through-hint-water-partnership-1540960/|date=February 25, 2013|last=Holly|first=Russell|title=Google makes Ingress codes available through HINT water partnership}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=John Hanke Google+ Page |url=https://plus.google.com/+JohnHanke/posts/CbNV7nALAHJ |date=August 19, 2013 |last=Hanke |first=John |title=Vodofone Germany Announcement |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160327093758/https://plus.google.com/+JohnHanke/posts/CbNV7nALAHJ |archivedate=March 27, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Ingress Youtube Page|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIVzLHE6Fnk#t=4m32s|date=August 1, 2013|last=Niantic Labs|first=Inc.|title=Ultra Strike Weapon Revealed - INGRESS REPORT - EP19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=AXA Press Release|url=http://www.axa.com/lib/en/library/pr/group/2014/axa-and-google-niantic-labs-partner.aspx|date=December 16, 2014|first=Inc.|last=AXA Financial|title=AXA and Google's Niantic Labs Partner to Integrate 20,000 Global Retail Agencies into Ingress' Interactive'Real World' Mobile Gameplay Experience}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Softbank Press Release|url=http://www.softbank.jp/mobile/special/ingress/|date=July 27, 2015|first=Corp.|last=Softbank Group|title=ソフトバンクショップがIngressに登場！}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=MUFG Press Release|url=http://www.bk.mufg.jp/ingress/en/|date=June 20, 2015|first=Ltd.|last=The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ|title=BTMU announces a partnership with "Ingress", using its vast network of branches and ATMs as portals in Japan!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=ITO EN Press Release|url=https://www.itoen.co.jp/news/detail/id=24447|date=July 31, 2015|first=Ltd.|last=Ito En|title=スマートフォン用モバイルゲームアプリ「Ingress」（※）とコラボレーション}}</ref>

− In September 2015, it was announced that Niantic is co-developing ''[[Pokémon GO]]' ' with [[Nintendo]] and [[ The Pokémon Company ]] for iOS and Android. <ref>{{cite av media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v = tUlX77BKLyY | title=Pokémon GO Press Conference|date = 10 September 2015 | work=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The following month, Niantic announced Google, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company would invest $30 million ($20 million upfront with an additional $10 million conditioned upon the company achieving certain milestones<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nianticlabs.com/blog/niantic-tpc-nintendo/| title= Niantic Inc. Raises $20 Million in Financing from The Pokémon Company, Google and Nintendo|website=nianticlabs.com|access-date=2016-07-07}}</ref>) in it to support the growth of the company and its products.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McWhertor|first1=Michael|title=Nintendo , Google and Pokémon Company invest $20M in Pokémon Go developer |url=http://www. polygon .com/ 2015/10/15/9546911 / nintendo - google - pokemon - company -niantic-labs- pokemon - go|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|accessdate=October 15, 2015|date=October 15, 2015}}</ref> In February 2016, Niantic announced that it secured an additional $5 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/266686/Pokmon_Go_dev_Niantic_Labs_scores_another_5_million_in_funding.php|title=Pokémon Go dev Niantic Labs scores another $5 million in funding|last=Nutt|first=Christian|website=www.gamasutra.com|access - date=2016 - 07-07}}</ref> in Series A funding including investment<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nianticlabs.com/blog/niantic-inv/|title=Welcoming Gilman Louie, David Jones, Fuji TV, Cyan & Scott Banister, and Lucas Nealan to the Niantic Family|website=www.nianticlabs.com|access - date=2016 - 07-07}}</ref> from venture capital firms Alsop Louie Partners and You & Mr. Jones Brandtech Ventures as well as angel investors Lucas Nealan, Cyan Banister and [[Scott Banister]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/4a62817424be0b0962861586f1d34e7b|title=Feb 25, 2016: Niantic Labs - Funding Round - Series A {{!}} CrunchBase | website = www.crunchbase.com|access-date=2016-07-07}}</ref> While adding more support for the growth of the company , this investment enabled Niantic to bring in strategic industry pioneers including the addition of [[Gilman Louie]] to its board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-02-25-niantic-raises-another-usd5m-in-series-a|title=Niantic raises another $5m in Series A|access-date=2016-07-07 }}</ref> + The company spun out of Google in September 2015, soon after Google ' s announcement of its restructuring as [[ Alphabet Inc. ]]<ref>{{cite web | last = Kessler | first = Sarah | title= Can A Startup Live Inside Google ? Niantic Labs , Creators Of Field Trip And "Ingress" Try |url= http://www. fastcompany .com/ 3004551 / can - startup - live - inside-google -niantic-labs- creators - field - trip -and- ingress - try | work = Fast Company | accessdate = May 22 , 2013 }}</ref>

− On July 6 , 2016, ''[[Pokémon GO]]'' was released in Australia, New Zealand, and the U . S . on the iOS [[ App Store (iOS)|App Store]] and [[Google Play| Google Play Store]] , with a small wearable device{{Relevance inline}} developed by [[Nintendo]] {{ Citation needed |date=July 2016}} , which uses a [[Bluetooth low energy]] connection to notify users when a Pokémon is nearby with an [[ Light-emitting diode | LED ]] and vibration ,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www. pokemongo .com/ en-us / pokemon-go-plus /|title=Pokémon GO Plus {{!}} Pokémon GO |website=www. pokemongo .com|access-date=2016 -07-08 }}</ref> hinted to be released later in the month . A release in Europe is planned , but was postponed after the initial launch overwhelmed the servers .<ref>{{Cite web|url= http :// uk . businessinsider .com/ pokemon-go-international-rollout-paused-2016 - 7 |title= 'Pokémon Go' international rollout will be 'paused' as players overload the system |website= uk . businessinsider .com|access-date=2016- 07 - 09 }}</ref> + In September 2015 , it was announced that Niantic was co-developing ''[[Pokémon GO]]'' with [[Nintendo]] and [[The Pokémon Company]] for iOS and Android.<ref>{{cite av media|url=https://www . youtube . com/watch?v=tUlX77BKLyY|title=Pokémon GO Press Conference|date=September 10, 2015|work= [[ YouTube]]}}</ref> The following month, Niantic announced Google , Nintendo , and The Pokémon Company would invest $30 million ($20 million upfront with an additional $10 million conditioned upon the company achieving certain milestones<ref> {{ Cite web | url=https://nianticlabs.com/blog/niantic-tpc-nintendo/|title=Niantic Inc. Raises $20 Million in Financing from The Pokémon Company, Google and Nintendo|website=nianticlabs.com|access- date=July 7, 2016}} </ref>) in it to support the growth of the company and its products.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McWhertor|first1=Michael|title=Nintendo, Google and Pokémon Company invest $20M in Pokémon Go developer|url=http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/15/9546911/nintendo-google-pokemon-company-niantic-labs-pokemon-go|website= [[ Polygon (website) | Polygon ]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]]|accessdate=October 15 , 2015|date=October 15, 2015}}</ref> In February 2016, Niantic announced that it secured an additional $5 million <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www. gamasutra .com/ view / news / 266686/Pokmon_Go_dev_Niantic_Labs_scores_another_5_million_in_funding.php |title=Pokémon Go dev Niantic Labs scores another $5 million in funding|last=Nutt|first=Christian |website=www. gamasutra .com|access-date= July 7, 2016}}</ref> in Series A funding including investment<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www . nianticlabs.com/blog/niantic-inv/|title=Welcoming Gilman Louie, David Jones, Fuji TV , Cyan & Scott Banister, and Lucas Nealan to the Niantic Family|website=www.nianticlabs.com|access-date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> from venture capital firms Alsop Louie Partners and You & Mr. Jones Brandtech Ventures as well as angel investors Lucas Nealan, Cyan Banister and [[Scott Banister]] .<ref>{{Cite web|url= https :// www . crunchbase .com/ funding - round/4a62817424be0b0962861586f1d34e7b |title= Feb 25, 2016: Niantic Labs - Funding Round - Series A {{!}} CrunchBase |website= www . crunchbase .com|access-date= July 7, 2016}}</ref> While adding more support for the growth of the company, this investment enabled Niantic to bring in strategic industry pioneers including the addition of [[Gilman Louie]] to its board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ 2016- 02 - 25-niantic-raises-another-usd5m-in-series-a|title=Niantic raises another $5m in Series A|access-date=July 7, 2016 }}</ref>

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+ On July 6, 2016, ''[[Pokémon GO]]'' was released in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. on the iOS [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] and [[Google Play|Google Play Store]], with a small wearable device{{Relevance inline}} developed by [[Nintendo]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}, which uses a [[Bluetooth low energy]] connection to notify users when a Pokémon is nearby with [[Light-emitting diode|LED]] and vibration,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pokemongo.com/en-us/pokemon-go-plus/|title=Pokémon GO Plus {{!}} Pokémon GO|website=www.pokemongo.com|access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref> hinted to be released later in the month. A release in Europe is planned, but was postponed after the initial launch overwhelmed the servers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uk.businessinsider.com/pokemon-go-international-rollout-paused-2016-7|title='Pokémon Go' international rollout will be 'paused' as players overload the system|website=uk.businessinsider.com|access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref> Germany was the first European country to get access to the game on July 13, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/13/12170608/pokemon-go-launch-europe|title=Pokémon Go arrives in Europe with German launch|last=Warren|first=Tom|date=2016-07-13|website=The Verge|access-date=2016-07-14}}</ref>

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+ Niantic's systems<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nianticlabs.com/jobs/|title=Employment Opportunities {{!}} Niantic|website=www.nianticlabs.com|access-date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> utilize high throughput real-time geospatial querying and indexing techniques to process more than 200 million game actions per day as people interact with real and virtual objects in the physical world.

== References == == References ==

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== External links == == External links ==

− {{portal|Video games}} + {{portal|Video games |San Francisco Bay Area }}

* {{official website|http://nianticlabs.com}} * {{official website|http://nianticlabs.com}}

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[[Category:2010 establishments in California]] [[Category:2010 establishments in California]]

[[Category:Transmedia storytelling]] [[Category:Transmedia storytelling]]

+ [[Category:Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area]]