How Niantic Spatial Platform Drives Business Value for Enterprises
We live in a three-dimensional world. People naturally walk through life with spatial awareness, yet much of our technology remains confined to flat screens. At Niantic, we’re pioneering a new era of human-centered computing for enterprises with the Niantic Spatial Platform. The age of flat screens and two-dimensional workflows is over. Computers can understand and interact with the world just like we do, and spatial computing enables technology to see 3D physical spaces in real-time. Spatial computing also enables the spatial web — the extension of the World Wide Web into three-dimensional space, also known as the physical world. It can precisely map spaces, track objects and movement, and overlay digital content into the real world.
Spatial computing relies on 3D mapping technology to create spatial environments. At Niantic, we’re expanding how companies can use spatial environments across industries and promote collaboration with coworkers and customers in new ways.
Niantic SDK enables apps and machines to see the world around them. By building the 3D map of the future, we’re equipping work systems to perceive and engage with the world as we do. We’re bringing the next generation of computing to life for enterprises everywhere.
What is Niantic Spatial Platform?
Niantic Spatial Platform combines spatial computing, XR (Extended Reality), GIS (Geographic Information Systems), and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Companies can use Niantic Spatial Platform to create immersive experiences that blend the digital and physical worlds with centimeter-level precision. This level of precision can accurately place and track digital elements in precise positions, allowing for accurate integration of virtual and physical objects. It enables positioning of 2D, 3D, audio, and visual content with centimeter-scale accuracy to power AR and location-based solutions—such as 3D overlays and interactive content.
Niantic Spatial Platform captures, locates, and augments the world in new ways for a variety of use cases across warehousing and logistics, remote collaboration, and entertainment industries. For example, in a warehouse, the system precisely tracks the location of every package, guides workers to the correct items using AR overlays showing the fastest route, and enables remote managers to view the space in 3D and monitor operations in real time from anywhere.
Designed for versatility, it works seamlessly with mobile devices, desktops, and Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs). As a cross-platform, engine-agnostic solution, it leverages Niantic’s geospatial AI, 3D mapping, Visual Positioning System (VPS), and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology to deliver precise real-world localization and augmentation.
Niantic Spatial Platform precisely maps real-world spaces with digital overlays
Many companies explore augmented reality, computer vision, AI, or digital twins for training simulations and remote collaboration—such as guiding warehouse workers in inventory management, optimizing logistics workflows with real-time spatial data, or enabling architects and engineers to visualize and refine building designs in a shared digital space. However, they often overlook how these technologies can drive efficiency and innovation in their core operations, from supply chain optimization to large-scale spatial planning. With advances in spatial computing, applications are now learning to understand and interact with the world in 3D, unlocking new possibilities for enterprise solutions.
Traditional workflows confine people to screens, spreadsheets, and video calls, limiting real-world engagement. While these tools provide rich data, teams often find it difficult to interpret complex information through graphs and dashboards. Virtual and mixed reality headsets showed how companies broke away from data to see their use cases in action in virtual, 3D spaces. However, accurately replicating complex real-world spaces in virtual reality demands significant effort and precision, making scalability a challenge.
Niantic Spatial Platform allows you to interact with data as it is available around you. Imagine walking through a new warehouse and visually mapping out shelves and storage containers with centimeter-level precision. Managers can design layouts, test workflows, and make real-time adjustments—all within an immersive, interactive environment.
Niantic Spatial Platform is turning spatial computing from a buzzword into reality. Niantic Spatial Platform isn’t just another tool to add to your company’s technology stack—it’s a fully realized application designed to transform workflows, making them more intuitive, hands-on, and seamlessly connected to real-world environments. Our platform has been tested at scale, enabling high-fidelity scans of objects and locations, precise positioning and orientation, and AR visualizations with centimeter-level accuracy.
Niantic’s Visual Positioning System (VPS) and computer vision stack powers experiences for tens of millions of players across Pokémon GO, Ingress, and Peridot, while Scaniverse serves hundreds of thousands of users daily. We’ve had the opportunity to refine these services in real-world conditions—integrating them into our products and building a business around them. This isn’t just theory; we’ve put it to the test. Now, we’re excited to share Niantic Spatial Platform with you, so you can explore how it can drive impact in a way that aligns with your goals and vision.
Below, we have identified our top three use cases that can benefit from Niantic Spatial Platform.
Intelligent warehousing and logistics
Warehouses struggle with inventory tracking and pallet placement. Manual tracking leads to misplaced items, picking errors, and wasted worker time searching for products. These issues compound with scale, resulting in costly delays and customer dissatisfaction. Niantic’s spatial solutions optimize inventory and enhance workflow efficiency.
Storage and delivery workflows benefit from precise localization and augmentation. A forklift operator, for example, must accurately place pallets. Using warehouse visualization, the receiver designates placement, while Niantic SDK swiftly localizes the operator’s position. The system scans the area and confirms the correct spot, reducing errors, speeding up workflows, and minimizing downtime.
Spatial planning and remote collaboration
Construction and maintenance projects suffer from coordination issues between on-site and remote teams. Traditional 2D plans and video calls fail to convey spatial context, leading to misunderstandings, design conflicts, and costly site visits. XR headsets have enabled remote collaboration, but early solutions required fully digital environments. Niantic Spatial Platform removes this barrier by transforming real-world spaces into interactive 3D maps for construction, real estate tours, and equipment maintenance.
The system integrates XR, AI, and GIS to streamline project management and allow for collaboration in a shared spatial environment. Engineers can virtually design and align structures with real-world coordinates, while remote teams visualize the 3D environment with AR overlays. This reduces miscommunication and eliminates unnecessary travel, and accelerates project timelines.
Immersive entertainment and experiences
Venues struggle to enhance visitor experiences while managing crowd flow and maximizing revenue. Traditional navigation systems and static maps fall short in large, complex spaces, leading to confusion and missed opportunities for engagement. Spatial apps can turn amusement parks into interactive game zones where visitors earn digital rewards. They also help create a better customer experience with wayfinding features to help people find their car and navigate to parking. Niantic’s Maps SDK offers customizable 3D maps, while Niantic VPS anchors digital content to real-world locations, extending experiences beyond venues. At live events, fans can access real-time artist updates and find their seats with AR-guided navigation. These features boost engagement, increase spending, and strengthen brand connections.
Bringing spatial platforms to enterprises and beyond
The era of static operating systems is behind us. Spatial computing is a transformative leap forward that redefines how we work, connect, and create. Niantic Spatial Platform enhances efficiency across industries by seamlessly integrating digital and physical operations.
In warehousing and logistics, it optimizes storage, streamlines goods management, and improves delivery workflows. Remote collaboration is also evolving, enabling teams to explore and interact with real-world locations in immersive 3D, making virtual teamwork more dynamic. In entertainment, spatial computing transforms fan engagement by bringing environments to life with digital overlays, interactive games, and shared experiences. With the Niantic Spatial Platform, people can share multi-user AR games that interact across devices, view AR overlays and signage in cities and venues, and enable AR experiences and wayfinding through building scans—creating richer, more interactive environments.
As industries continue to adopt spatial computing, new efficiencies, experiences, and business models will continue to emerge, reshaping the way we work, interact, and innovate.