This new Pokémon game is bringing augmented reality mainstream.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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Pokémon Go is taking over and here's why
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July 20, 2017
A year after Pokémon Go’s meteoric rise, no other app launch has come close
It really was that special.
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March 23, 2017
Millions of Americans still play Pokémon Go every day
Popularity peaked last July, but its long tail is still going.
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December 17, 2016
Pokémon Go for the Apple Watch is not canceled
Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. It’s coming soon.
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October 24, 2016
Pokémon Go made you walk 25 percent more than you used to
In a month, America walked an additional 144 billion steps, a new Stanford/Microsoft study says.
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October 4, 2016
Full transcript: Niantic CEO John Hanke talks Pokémon Go on Recode Decode
"[We have] mixed feelings about people looking at their screen when we're trying to lead them out into the park."
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September 19, 2016
Why Pokémon Go’s John Hanke says augmented reality is better than virtual reality
AR, he says, is "far more interesting and promising — for technology and, really, for humanity."
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September 19, 2016
New Pokémon Go features in the works: Events, trading and maybe battling
Niantic CEO John Hanke takes us behind the scenes on the latest Recode Decode.
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August 20, 2016
Your kids want to play Pokémon Go? Lock up your apps and give them the phone.
AppLock+ lets you hand over the phone without having to worry that anyone will do more than hatch eggs and fling Poké Balls.
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August 5, 2016
Always remember the three rules of real estate: Location, location, Pokémon
One bedroom, no light, next to PokéStop.
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August 5, 2016
Yep, battery pack sales have doubled since Pokémon Go hit the market
You gotta catch ‘em all — before your battery runs out.
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August 4, 2016
An Olympic gymnast could have avoided his $5,000 cell bill for playing Pokémon in Rio
Don’t get hit with Olympic-size overage charges.
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August 1, 2016
Full transcript: Pokémon Go and GoPro on Too Embarrassed to Ask
Two go’s for the price of one.
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July 23, 2016
Three things I learned by going to a Pokémon Go pub crawl
It may be the first augmented reality hit, but serious players turn off that aspect of the game.
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July 22, 2016
Pokémon Go just had the best first week in App Store history
But does it have staying power?
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July 17, 2016
Here’s what Pokémon Go looks like on a $2,750 augmented reality headset
The future is now and it’s amazing.
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July 16, 2016
Pokémon Go launched in 26 countries, and then its servers crashed
You might say that Pokémon Go doesn’t. Get it?
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July 15, 2016
All your questions about Pokémon Go, answered
Including the big one: When can we stop talking about Pokémon Go?
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July 14, 2016
This startup wants to get you paid as a Pokémon Go expert
You could make some serious Pokémon dough.
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July 13, 2016
How many people are actually playing Pokémon Go? Here’s our best guess so far.
Just a little back-of-the-napkin math.
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July 13, 2016
Pokémon Go is an augmented-reality watershed
The game’s incredible, nearly overnight success means that almost no one will ever need to explain what augmented reality is.
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July 12, 2016
How to play Pokémon Go without being a jerk
Five simple rules for being in polite society.
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July 12, 2016
Why did Google get rid of the company behind Pokémon Go?
Google wants startups under its roof, but it can’t catch ‘em all.
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July 11, 2016
Pokémon Go's creators say they didn't mean to spy on Google accounts
Niantic says it’s working on a fix with Google.