Niantic Launches ‘Campfire,’ A Social Forum App Focused on Providing a Platform Instead of Discord

Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 24 May 2022, 09:05 pm

Niantic recently launched a new platform called "Campfire," and it focuses on a social forum application that will bring its gamers and users a chance to express and discourse on different topics online. One of the main focuses of Campfire is to provide a platform for Niantic's applications, particularly with the AR titles it has, like "Pokemon GO."

Campfire is designed to go against the likes of Reddit and Discord in the current tech landscape.

Campfire: Social Forum Platform Launches from Niantic

(Photo : Niantic)

"Campfire" is here, and it is a platform that brings the public more of what they experience in games by connecting them with other people who share the same interests. Here, people can discuss the several takes on the game, including strategies and massive opportunities that will help them get more from the many titles under Niantic's library.

Niantic brings the world a new application that will help them expand more on the many titles they have, and it could also be the venue to talk about other games and experiences. It resembles the platform of Discord and the way it brings the social forum app to offer different features that all focus on a messaging app for massive discourse on a specific subject.

Campfire is to Continue the AR Experience

Niantic calls Campfire the "homepage of the real-world Metaverse," and it will serve as the first layer that would give people access to the virtual experience that will launch soon. The company is famous for bringing its apps to resemble the metaverse as it stitches reality into the virtual world, with Campfire sitting in the middle.

Niantic's Plans to Expand

AR is the game, and Niantic is the name in the recent ventures of the massive entertainment development company that brought the world one of its tops augmented reality games, "Pokemon GO." Now, it is known to have a partnership with Fold to create a new AR game that focuses itself on cryptocurrency and the like.

The new game from Niantic and Fold is not necessarily an NFT game, but it would still make cryptocurrency its prize.

Other AR projects may also be underway in Niantic's offers, particularly with the new focus of Niantic with a company called "8th Wall." There are no announcements yet regarding Niantic and 8th Wall's partnership or what venture they would get into for the upcoming collaboration, but it may still focus on an AR experience.

Niantic built itself as a massive company that focuses on an AR experience with titles like "Pokemon GO" and "Harry Potter: Wizards Unite." The games are some famous AR experiences that people can use their lens to apply what they see on screen to real-life happenings like catching a Pokemon or battling it out with fellow wizards.

Now, users can all talk about this on Campfire.

This article is owned by TechTimes

Written by Isaiah Richard