I played Ingress a little bit before Pokemon Go came out, enough to recognize all the same physical locations were being re-used. I found it kind of uncanny for some reason.
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WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I wouldn’t say unknowingly. When this thing started years ago as “Ingress” they were fairly open about how the data it collected will be helping all kinds of technology learning while you play. I loved playing Ingress, but never did try Pokemon.
demlet@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Pickleideas@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I was thinking the same thing “whether they knew it or not” is disingenuous. 3d scanning was an opt-in feature they specifically said they’d be using to add real world objects to their database