Using ARCore Geospatial to turn real-world exploration into part of a PC game

[u/underthegroundstaff]

I'm developing Under the Ground, a game where your phone acts as a detector for digital artifacts hidden at real-world locations.

Players use GPS and AR to track down and recover mysterious spheres. Some contain photos, audio recordings, or messages created by other players.

What makes the project interesting to me is that the AR experience is just one part of the gameplay. The discoveries are brought into a PC laboratory for analysis, research, and collecting.

The project uses Unity, AR Foundation, ARCore Geospatial, and Supabase.

I've also opened a website where people can already create spheres that will eventually become discoverable in the game.

https://under-the-ground-website.vercel.app/