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John Hanke

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Interested in how to make use of ubiquitous mobile computing (smartphones and beyond) in ways that move society forward.

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@johnhanke
John Hanke
1 year
Your #Peridot is waiting. You can see the love that went into the product in every pixel :-)
@NianticLabs
Niantic
1 year
Let the whimsical adventure begin! @PlayPeridot is officially available to download. Get ready to meet your newest companion. 💜 #PlayPeridot Play now:
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台灣 - 歡迎加入Pokémon GO!
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8 years
Working hard to keep the servers up for all of the Trainers out there. For us, that comes first.
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6 years
#NianticDay Taking a friend out for a walk in the park @ Roppongi Hills
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3 years
Exciting to see the progress we’re making to enable new kinds of devices that leverage our platform...
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6 years
Looking forward to some Latam Niantic events? Let us know. #VamosNiantic #OlaNiantic
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4 years
I’m excited for what the team is planning for Pokémon GO Fest. While we’ll miss being together in person with the community, we now have the opportunity to make it global in a big way. More soon.
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3 years
It’s on :-) Wishing everyone a safe and fun weekend outside at #PokemonGOFest2021
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2 years
#PokemonGOFest2022 Berlin (Coming to Seattle and Sapporo)
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8 years
Bom dia Brasil! Prepare-se! Em breve você será capaz de encontrar Pokemon em todo o seu país #PokemonGO
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8 years
Hola América Latina! Alístense! Muy pronto podrán encontrar los Pokemón en sus países!! #PokemonGO
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4 years
Happy birthday #PokemonGO ! 🎂🎂🎂🎂
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6 years
"Conclusions: Pokémon GO transcended traditional understanding of digital health and uniquely reached across generations to engage users. Findings from this study highlight that, for a period of time, Pokémon GO fostered social and physical well-being for children and families."
@jmirpub
JMIR Publications
6 years
JMIR Pediatrics: Pokémon GO Within the Context of Family Health: Retrospective Study
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4 years
#OGPokemonGo . Oldest Pokémon in my Pokédex. Who can beat it?
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4 years
George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Nina Pop & countless other members of the Black community have been killed. It must end. Here’s how we’re committed to change. #BlackLivesMatter
@NianticLabs
Niantic
4 years
We stand with the Black community & against white supremacy, racism, & police brutality & condemn the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Nina Pop & countless others. Here's how we’re committing to change #BlackLivesMatter
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Today, I'm proud to reveal @PlayPeridot , a new mobile game exclusively developed and owned by @Nianticlabs . Peridot is an experience developed solely for AR that puts the joy of caring for, raising, and breeding adorable one-of-a-kind creatures in your hands.
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4 years
Tentacool is our master. We must obey. #PokemonGo
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Sneaky octopus!
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5 years
One of the reasons Tentacool is my buddy. Sometimes reality is more mindbending than augmented reality. @MissionBlue @SylviaEarle
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John Hanke
6 years
On my way to #Ingress Anime premier at LA Anime Expo :-)
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6 years
Well done Brazil :-) #VamosNiantic
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6 years
Gates opening soon for #PokemonGo Fest Europe
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4 years
Feeling Down? Try Pokémon Go | Psychology Today #pokemongo @NianticLabs
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John Hanke
4 years
Getting our game face on (and planning our route) for Pokémon GO Fest this weekend. How are you preparing? #PokemonGOFest2020
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4 years
To help bring the fun of our games to people at home as we all navigate COVID-19 together, we are making further updates to @PokemonGoApp , @ingress , and @HPWizardsUnite . Learn more @
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5 years
#GoFest My Articuno enjoying the event in Chicago.
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John Hanke
8 years
@feionda that's coming.
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2 months
#PokemonGoFest Madrid 2024! 🕶️
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John Hanke
4 years
Mark you calendars. Working hard to make this a fun and safe summer that Pokemon Trainers around the world can enjoy.
@NianticLabs
Niantic
4 years
This year we’re bringing #PokemonGOFest2020 to YOU! Mark your calendars for July 25 and 26 for an epic two-day experience 🌎🥳
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#NianticDay audio AR experience
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John Hanke
6 years
Excited to be bringing #Pok émonGo #SafariZone to Brazil!
@PokemonGOptBR
Pokémon GO BR
6 years
Treinadores, o primeiro evento Zona de Safári da América do Sul está chegando em Porto Alegre, Brasil, no dia 25 de janeiro! Mais detalhes aqui:
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5 years
It’s time to Unite :-) #hpwu #hpwizardsunite
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1 year
Winding down an amazing #PokemonGoFest2023 in NYC! 🌅🚶🚶‍♀️🙂
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It's a big and colorful world out there. Where will you go? @PikminBloom @NianticLab ’s game with @Nintendo .
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4 years
Exciting Twitch stream tomorrow with one of my favorite PGO streamers.
@TwitchEsports
Twitch Esports
4 years
Trainers! Kickoff #GOBattle League Season 2 with one of your favorite @PokemonGoApp streamers. Join us for the @MYSTIC7 GO Battle League Event! Tomorrow at 5PM PDT at
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@johnhanke
John Hanke
4 years
The @NianticLabs research team just published some new work using a single RGB camera input to understand traversable 3D space.
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John Hanke
3 years
It’s #NationalWalkingDay and someone is counting on you!
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John Hanke
4 years
These words ring true now more than ever. We can and must do better. I stand in support of the black community.
@OfficialMLK3
Martin Luther King III
4 years
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Very excited about Lightship.
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5 years
Really excited about this launch! #PokemonGO
@PokemonGoApp
Pokémon GO
5 years
We’re excited to announce that Trainers and their #PokemonGOBuddy will soon have more ways to connect, interact, and explore the world. It’s time for another adventure, Trainers. A Buddy Adventure. 🤩
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4 years
Home-made mask. #Goruck bag and weight. Podcast. Solo #Ingress . Sanity restored.
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John Hanke
3 years
Today, @nianticlabs launches the #Lightship platform, a big step in our journey to build the real-world #metaverse . Our goal has always been to create #AR experiences that can be enjoyed by all. We’re now opening our tech so devs can push the boundaries of what’s possible in AR
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4 years
Niantic officially turns five today. It’s amazing to look back on the journey that brought us here as we look forward to where we’re going. It began with a map and it remains our focus as we move toward a world transformed by AR. #NianticBirthday
@NianticLabs
Niantic
4 years
Today is our 5th Birthday! We’d love to celebrate with you and see your favorite memories from the past five years. Share your best stories, memories, and photos using #NianticBirthday 🎉 🎂 🎁
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Tentacruel was jealous. #PokemonGO
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John Hanke
6 years
#PokemonGoFest2018 Volcano Habitat
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John Hanke
3 years
Gardening the metaverse :-) @PikminBloom @NianticLabs
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John Hanke
3 years
Hmmm. what is this?
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3 years
100% Mewtwo :) Also #PokemonGOFest2021 egg in Chicago
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5 years
Ran into an old friend at the docks today. #hpwu #HarryPotterWizardsUnite
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John Hanke
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Monster Hunter Now is now available globally! We’ve partnered with @CapcomUSA to bring the awesome universe of Monster Hunter to the real world. Starting my hunt in Tokyo! #MHNow
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4 years
@elonmusk @elonmusk i have some thoughts about that. dm me.
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John Hanke
6 years
Pokémon GO Fest via @YouTube
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John Hanke
4 years
We’re welcoming to @NianticLabs today! They are leaders in 3D mapping and together we will build new kinds of planet-scale augmented reality.
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#Ingress AR Playground Roppongi Hills #NianticDay
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John Hanke
4 years
Michael T. Jones was a collaborator, mentor, friend, and source of inspiration. He passed away today after a difficult struggle with cancer. Explorers everywhere owe him a debt. The world would not be what it is today without him and he will be missed.
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5 years
The competitive side of #PokemonGO is in full view at the Pokémon World Championships!
@PokemonGoApp
Pokémon GO
5 years
Whoa! The Pokémon GO Trainer Battles that have taken place so far have been absolute nail-biters. #GOBattle
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6 years
Beautiful evening in WestfalenPark #PokemonGO
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John Hanke
4 years
I'm competing this weekend in our new GO Battle League! If you match up against me, Ace, post a screenshot on social using #GOBattlewithNiantic and there might be something cool coming your way.
@NianticLabs
Niantic
4 years
To celebrate the #GOBattleLeague if you battle any of these Niantics or our special friends from 2:30pm PDT March 13 to 2:30pm PDT March 16 and share a screenshot of that battle using #GOBattlewithNiantic you could win 8 Star Pieces. 🥊 T&C apply:
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Very excited about the next chapter for @nianticlabs . What it will look like to be able to get back out there with our communities again. Connecting safely in person means a world of opportunities will be open again.
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4 years
It’s awesome to see more than 1 million Trainers will be participating in Pokémon GO Fest this year. Very cool that this can be a shared global experience. Looking forward to seeing fellow Trainers in-game July 25-26! #PokemonGOFest2020
@NianticLabs
Niantic
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More than 1 million Trainers have now purchased a ticket to #PokemonGOFest2020 ! We can't wait to share this experience with each and every one of you next weekend!
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Beautiful day in the park! #PokemonGOFest2022
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@PokemonGOptBR
Pokémon GO BR
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Olá, Treinadores! Aproveitamos essa linda tarde de hoje para celebrar o Dia Comunitário do Pokémon GO aqui no Parque Ibirapuera, em São Paulo. Adoramos conhecer vocês e estamos ansiosos para fazer mais!
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7 years
Niantic service day helper!
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John Hanke
2 years
#LightshipSummit time approaching.
@NianticLabs
Niantic
2 years
You’re not going to want to miss this! On May 24th, we’re launching Lightship VPS—aka the ✨ holy grail of AR ✨—and we want you there. Join us at the #LightshipSummit to see it in action or register now to watch the opening keynote virtually. @LightshipAR
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John Hanke
5 years
@MYSTIC7 Ahhh. Problem solved.
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John Hanke
6 years
#PokemonGo Europe!
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John Hanke
5 years
Why You Should Be Playing 'Pokémon GO' Right Now, No Matter Who You Are via @forbes
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John Hanke
4 years
Today we welcome longtime advisor @msquinn to @NianticLabs as Chief Operating Officer. Very happy to continue our work together, more here:
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Quality buddy time! #PokemonGoFest2022
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Having an amazing Day 2 of #PokemonGOFest2020 ! (Re)discover any cool places today?
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John Hanke
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If you follow me you know I am a huge fan of regular outdoor walks. It's an important topic as we continue to battle this pandemic. I shared some thoughts on the topic as we look forward to the weekend and the months ahead. #walkdaily
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John Hanke
4 years
Bulbasaur, you can run but you can't.... #*$@ darn you!
@NianticLabs
Niantic
4 years
Reality Blending and PokéStop scanning are coming to @PokemonGoApp ! Watch this demonstration of what cutting edge AR looks like in action, with Reality Blending on you'll see that Bulbasaur is fully occluded by the tree. Learn more:
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Excited about this partnership
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4 years
Big update for Pokémon GO. You can now access Raid Battles from home. You and up to twenty trainers can raid together anywhere you see on the Nearby screen. #PokemonGO #Pokemon
@PokemonGoApp
Pokémon GO
4 years
The ability to join any Raid Battle you can see on the Nearby screen or that you can tap on the map is now live for Level 5 Trainers and above! These Trainers can use a Remote Raid Pass to do so.
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John Hanke
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Respect and gratitude today for all those who served. My dad served (in Korea) but didn't glamorize it. He told me about wearing every article of clothing he possessed to ward off the cold and how much he wanted to come back to Texas. #veteransday2019
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John Hanke
3 years
I shared some thoughts on the Metaverse with our view that technology should be in service to us, as human beings, and not the other way around. The AR future that we imagine is designed to enhance our connection to the world around us and to one another.
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John Hanke
3 years
Hard to believe it's been five years. What a journey!
@PokemonGoApp
Pokémon GO
3 years
Thank you to every single Trainer who joined us in exploring the world in search of Pokémon! We’re glad to have made some amazing friends and memories along the way. Here’s to you, Trainers! Happy #PokemonGO5YearAnniversary !
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Excited by what’s ahead - investing in our current games, adding new games and apps, and building out the Real World Metaverse with the Lightship Platform.
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European Go Fest day 2 off to a beautiful start.
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8 years
@lady_maethoriel the eggs can only be found in their natural habitat.
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John Hanke
6 years
#Ingress came to life at #EpiphanyNight2018 . 13 camps. 13 epic works of interactive art. Massive creativity shown by Agents. Thank you all for a great weekend!
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John Hanke
6 years
This is gong to be fun. We already know that lots of folks play our games while traveling (and even travel in order to play our games). So much more we can do here!
@NianticLabs
Niantic
6 years
We’re happy to announce that we’ll be partnering with @UNWTO to enhance its Travel.Enjoy.Respect program and encourage global tourism and worldwide civic engagement in fun, friendly, and novel ways for travelers.
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5 years
A little faster this time - Harry Potter: Wizards Unite rolls out to additional countries
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John Hanke
2 years
Great day for a stroll with friends. 🚶‍♀️🚶🚶‍♂️🌹🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼💐🥀 #PikminBloom #CommunityDay
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John Hanke
3 years
So much about PokemonGo is about what happens outside the screen.
@PokemonGoApp
Pokémon GO
3 years
From Los Angeles to Tokyo, @TRNRtips was willing to go the distance to catch his first Lapras. What’s your most memorable catch? #CatchYours
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3 years
At the very top of our list of core values at Niantic is "Start with a worthy goal." Doing everything we can to to influence the direction of AR and spatial computing to build a better future in the real world for all of us feels like a good one to us. @NianticLabs @LightshipAR
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See you in Kobe! 神戸で会いましょう。
@pixelbytes1331
Pixelbytes
1 year
Live drop obtain. However both factions will need to combine the half to get the full report Ingress live drop SG #ingress #livedrop
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John Hanke
4 years
I'm thrilled to share that my fellow Niantic (and former Google and Keyhole colleague) Michael Jones has been awarded a Royal Medal from her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Geographic Society for his work on mapping the world. Well done.
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John Hanke
8 years
Perfect combo.
@TODAYonline
TODAY
8 years
#PokemonGOSingapore : 8 #Pok émon gyms, 78 #Pok éstops at 4 S’pore wildlife parks. More maps:
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John Hanke
8 years
Lots of Pokémon Go stories out there but this one stood out. BBC News - Pokemon Go 'transformed teenager's life'
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John Hanke
3 years
Looking back at launch day 2016... #PokemonGO5YearAnniversary !
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