{"id":647055,"date":"2013-03-15T16:54:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T20:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=226033"},"modified":"2013-03-15T16:54:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T20:54:56","slug":"google-is-launching-an-ebook-line-based-on-its-augmented-reality-game-ingress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/647055","title":{"rendered":"Google is launching an ebook line based on its augmented reality game Ingress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Niantic Labs, the startup division within Google, is launching a line of ebooks based on its augmented reality, massive multiplayer online video game Ingress. Ingress<\/a>, an Android game that launched last November, is invite-only and currently in beta.<\/p>\n

Publishers Lunch reported on Friday<\/a>\u00a0that the Ingress tie-in ebooks will be part of a line called “The Alignment.” They’re written by\u00a0Thomas Greanias, who also wrote the\u00a0New York Times<\/em> bestselling trilogies “Raising Atlantis” and “Dominium Dei.” The first book,\u00a0The Alignment: Ingress<\/em>, will be available in the Google Play store on April 2 and will then be released to other digital bookstores.<\/p>\n

The books will tie into the games and feature embedded codes and other perks for players. According to Publishers Lunch, the books will be “co-published by Niantic and his own @tlantis Books,” and print versions may follow the digital versions.<\/p>\n

Niantic Labs is also behind a number of other projects, including Google’s new Field Trip app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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