Where linear game design delivers slices of another reality, the open world aims to simulate on a grander level. It combines geography, architecture, populations, and events to create a living ...

Google said that it opened its Google Maps doors to developers of mobile augmented reality games, granting access to all that mapped data.

This includes the introduction of multiple new updates and work-in-progress technologies. One of these reveals was essentially a glimpse into the future of what open world games might look like.

Creating the next Pokémon Go or Ingress just got a whole lot easier thanks to Google making its Maps platform open to anyone who wants to use it.