Players of the original Ingress, another Niantic creation, will see many similarities between the developer’s two games, right down to the locations marked as Pokéstops and gyms. There aren’t a lot of instructions when you first start, or information regarding game mechanics like the colored rings around wild Pokémon, but thanks to the nature of the internet, figuring out what to do isn’t that tough. For the most part, it works, provided the game hasn’t crashed or frozen. The game uses GPS to mark your location and move your in-game avatar, while your smartphone camera is used to show Pokémon in the real world. It wouldn’t be a list of the best AR apps without mentioning Niantic’s Pokémon Go, a game that quickly captured everyone’s attention and given them a reason to go out into the world, walk around, and catch Pokémon.
