The maker of Pokemon Go has launched a new demo that shows off the power of its augmented reality systems on 5G. Niantic recently announced Codename: Urban Legends, a new app that utilizes 5G technology and bandwidth capabilities to create an interactive online experience that involves multiple players simultaneously battling foes on a common AR battlefield. As shown in the trailer above, Codename: Urban Legends features multiple players battling the same creature at the same time, a noted shift from games like Ingress or Pokemon Go. While Pokemon Go does allow for players to participate in the same raid battle at one time, those raids have noticeable delays and don’t utilize AR technology at all. The only shared AR experience that Pokemon Go has allows players to create a group of Pokemon with up to three players and almost no interactions involved. Codename: Urban Legends is a demo only and not a full AR game; however, it demonstrates what Niantic hopes to achieve by shifting its AR games to better utilize 5G technology.
