Niantic Lightship AR

Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit (ARDK) is the first product of the Niantic Lightship Platform. It is a cross-platform development kit that brings world understanding technology— depth, meshing, semantics—together with Lightship VPS and multiplayer services for more realistic and diverse AR experiences fused with the real world.

Join the Lightship AR discord to get the latest Lightship ARDK updates, developer live support, learn about our events, and join our community!

At 8th Wall, Niantic's WebAR platform, we believe that augmented reality is for everyone. We’re breaking barriers between the digital and physical, and bridging the development gap between iOS and Android, so that anyone can experience the magic of AR—no matter what device they’re on, all with no app required. With a dream team of computer vision engineers, designers and tinkerers at the helm, we care deeply about creating the tools developers, agencies and brands need to make immersive web content everyone can enjoy.

See how our tools are being used and follow our journey on our 8th Wall blog.