"Pokémon GO" developer Niantic launches educational MR application "Wol": dialogue with owls and science popularization of mahogany forest knowledge

CTOnews.com5, March 31 (Xinhua)-- Niantic, the developer of Pok é mon GO, recently released an educational MR (mixed reality) application called "Wol", which is built by 8th Wall's Metaversal Deployment and is compatible with iOS / Android phones, Quest 2, Quest Pro and other devices.

▲ Picture Source Niantic in Wol, users can interact with an AI owl named Wol, which will guide users through virtual scenes to the world of California's mahogany national park. Users can have a dialogue with "Wol" to learn about mahogany forest ecology and jointly explore this virtual environment. In addition, Wol can sing songs and answer questions from users.

▲ Touyuan Niantic, according to Niantic, "Wol" can be used on smartphones and tablets, and thanks to Meta Quest Pro's multi-sensor, the experience is even better. Users can be fully integrated into the virtual game world, making the living room into a "accessible ecosystem". In order to cultivate users' curiosity and knowledge about the natural world.

"We created Wol to inspire developers to build their own cross-platform WebAR content and take advantage of the headline features of VR and MR to achieve a truly immersive experience," said Tom Emrich, director of product management at Niantic. "at the same time, we can also take full advantage of the wide coverage and scale of mobile devices to increase the number of players."

CTOnews.com query found that the "Wol" app has not been launched in the app store as a stand-alone app, but the Web version of the app has been launched, and friends of CTOnews.com can access meetwol.com through the browser. For friends with Meta Quest 2 and Pro, you can find the game directly from the browser home page recommendation of the system.