Merging Digital and Physical Through AR Gaming With Niantic CMO Mike Quigley
Mike Quigley, chief marketing officer of Niantic, discusses the company's history of developing location-based augmented reality games, including Pokemon GO.
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Today's episode is sponsored by Chainalysis.
Listen to this week’s episode where we discuss how Niantic encourages people to explore and bring joy to their lives through the use of AR. We talk about tools for developers, partnerships with brands and his thoughts on the future of AR and generative AI.
Links mentioned from the podcast:
- Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers
- Developer Conference Axed After Fake Female Profiles Outcry
- Pika Wows in Debut as AI Video Generator Takes Aim at Tech Giants
- Dogecoin Funded SpaceX ‘Doge-1’ Moon Mission Gets a Step Closer to Launch
- Mike on Twitter
- Niantic Website
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