Niantic Spatial Designated Award-Ready Through the Army Applications Laboratory DevX Autonomy Marketplace
Niantic Spatial, a leading commercial dual-use provider of geospatial AI technology, today announced that its 3D Reconstruction platform and Visual Positioning System (VPS) have been designated award-ready through DevX Autonomy.
DevX Autonomy serves as a post-competition repository of assessed solution videos designed to accelerate the discovery, evaluation, and adoption of technologies that support Army operational needs. Niantic Spatial was recognized among a competitive field of applicants whose solutions demonstrated innovation, scalability, and potential impact on government missions.
"Our mission is to deliver advanced spatial intelligence that enhances operational safety and precision for defense and intelligence teams," said Inhi Cho Suh, Chief Executive Officer, Niantic Spatial. "We give agencies a clear, accurate understanding of their environment in 3D – ensuring personnel and autonomous systems can navigate complex landscapes with the highest level of certainty and minimize risk to human life."
3D Reconstruction
Niantic Spatial's reconstruction pipeline converts imagery from off-the-shelf drones, phones, 360° cameras, third-party scanning hardware, and ISR/UAS platforms widely used by the U.S. and its allies into georeferenced, geometrically accurate 3D models. Unlike systems that optimize for visual plausibility, the pipeline is built for correct geometry and physical accuracy. Scaniverse, Niantic Spatial’s scanning application, runs on standard iOS and Android devices for smaller area scans; for large-area reconstructions, the pipeline scales to the cloud. SPZ, the company's open-source Gaussian Splat compression format, reduces output file sizes by up to 90% for bandwidth-constrained environments.
Visual Positioning System
Niantic Spatial's VPS aligns live camera imagery with a persistent map to deliver real-time, full 6DoF position and orientation in mapped areas. It is designed to enable precise localization in mission-critical Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments, delivering a resilient positioning layer for systems that cannot rely on GPS alone. The system uses a flexible deep learning-based architecture complemented by real-time computer vision and on-device sensor fusion.
The six-minute pitch video is available to government customers with a DevX Autonomy account. Government users may request access through the Army Applications Laboratory DevX Autonomy website.
About Niantic Spatial: Niantic Spatial is building the real-world model for physical AI. We give robots, AI agents, and people an accurate, shared understanding of physical spaces - making operations safer and more efficient across some of the world's most demanding environments. Our reconstruction technology captures environments with geometric accuracy and extreme detail from any standard camera; the Visual Positioning System delivers precise positioning almost anywhere in the world. Niantic Spatial serves customers in robotics, public sector, and energy and industrial. Learn more at nianticspatial.com
About DevX Autonomy
DevX Autonomy is a digital repository of post-competition, award-ready pitch videos supporting autonomy and unmanned systems development. All solutions are assessed through rigorous scoring criteria and competitive procedures and are available to government customers with a DevX Autonomy account.