NextNav, Widow Games Bring First-Ever 3D Geolocation Authentication to the Metaverse
April 27 2022 - 9:00AM
NextNav (Nasdaq: NN), a leader in next generation GPS, has
partnered with Widow Games, a gaming development company closing
the gap between the physical and the digital worlds. Through the
partnership, Widow Games will bring NextNav’s 3D geolocation
capabilities to their applications, enabling more immersive virtual
experiences tied to the real environments of users, and leveraging
location verification to validate transactions and interactions in
the metaverse.
“3D geolocation technology is foundational to building the
metaverse,” said Dan Hight, VP of Business Development and
Partnerships at NextNav. “Not only will it power in-game
experiences, but it will also serve as a crucial authenticator of
location-based activities, like exclusive exhibitions, NFT
scavenger hunts, and virtual land transactions. 3D geolocation is
critical in bringing our real and virtual worlds together, and with
Widow Games, we’re one step closer to closing that gap.”
NextNav Pinnacle will be integrated into Widow Games’
marquee title, Geopoly, a mobile game that couples buying,
upgrading, and selling digital properties tied to the real world
with real-time, live virtual events. NextNav Pinnacle will validate
the geolocation – including the vertical dimension and timestamp –
of users to authenticate attendance, verify transactions, and
prevent in-game location-based spoofing. Through geofencing and
geolocation, the positioning of specific users in the real world
will enable location-based virtual experiences and rewards,
authenticate users’ presence at virtual events, and facilitate
interactions with other users in the same location.
“With Geopoly, we built a foundation that utilizes both on and
off-chain to deliver immersive experiences no matter where users
are,” said Martin Spinetto, CEO of Widow Games. “NextNav’s
technology enables us to further immerse our users in the worlds
around them – both real and virtual – and enable
first-of-their-kind capabilities in the metaverse.”
The partnership builds on NextNav’s extensive activity within
the gaming and application development community to bring location
data to virtual worlds. Earlier this year, NextNav announced a
partnership with echo3D to bring vertical location to their
platform. Last year, NextNav Pinnacle was awarded Unity Verified
Solution status and launched its NextNav Pinnacle SDK for the
Unreal Engine after being awarded an Epic Megagrant, arming
millions of cross-platform developers with the capability to bring
3D geolocation to their creations.
Source: NN-FIN
About NextNavNextNav (Nasdaq: NN) is a leader
in next generation GPS, enabling a whole new ecosystem of
applications and services that rely upon vertical location and
resilient geolocation technology. The company’s Pinnacle network
delivers highly accurate vertical positioning to transform location
services, reflect the 3D world around us, and support innovative,
new capabilities. NextNav’s TerraPoiNT network delivers accurate,
reliable, and resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT)
services to support critical infrastructure and other GPS-reliant
systems in the absence or failure of GPS.
About Widow GamesWidow Games is a video game
development company specialized in closing the gap between the
physical and the digital entertainment worlds. Founded by former
Microsoft´s Marcom Director for Latam, the company has developed
more than 15 mobile and web games with more than 1.5 million users.
Widow Games are a member of the 2019 Global Google Indie Games
Accelerator. Widow Games has also been one of the first gaming
companies to merge mobile gaming innovations like AR and
geolocation, with blockchain benefits. The team is based in Buenos
Aires.
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