“Peridot” is Niantic’s most experimental game, and also, it’s most intriguing. The original title from the “Pokemon Go” developer is touted as a modern-day spin on Tamagotchi, those virtual pets that ...

Niantic's next game is Peridot, a virtual pet game reminiscent of everything from Tamagotchi to Neopets. It's Niantic's latest attempt to recreate the overwhelming success of Pokemon Go, this time ...

Niantic's cute new virtual pet app Peridot is a very different beast to Pokémon Go, and all the better for it. Simplistic on the surface but stuffed full of bleeding-edge AR technology underneath, the ...

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Peridot is a “modern-day spin on the original Tamagochi.” But will it be the second AR game to break through? My pet Orzo was panting, excited to bring me the tennis ball I had thrown a few feet away.

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Niantic's pitch for its new mobile app Peridot is enticing: Y2K-era nostalgia with the marvels of modern tech, a Tamagotchi for 2023. If any company were to pull off such a feat, it'd be Niantic, ...

Niantic is giving its cute AR cartoon companions a voice that will let them guide you around in the real world and point out interesting facts. The feature is being demo’d first in Snap Spectacles.

Peridot is a yellow-green stone that comes from the mineral olivine. Some believe its name derives from the Arabic "faridat," or "gem," according to Geological Institute of America. Others, however, ...