Mobile augmented reality gaming pioneer Niantic is chomping at the bit to get games like Pokémon GO out of smartphones and onto smartglasses, and it appears to be taking matters into its own hands. After previewing a proof of concept of Pokémon GO running on HoloLens 2 earlier this month, Niantic founder and CEO John Hanke on Monday shared a closely-cropped photo of a pair of smartglasses emblazoned the company’s wordmark on the temple. Don’t Miss: Niantic Adapting Pikmin as Mobile AR Game in New Alliance with Nintendo”Exciting to see the progress we’re making to enable new kinds of devices that leverage our platform,” said Hanke in the tweet accompanying the image. In a subsequent tweet, Hanke name-drops work with Qualcomm on reference designs. Despite the cryptic nature of the tweets, the company has already tipped its hand regarding its efforts in smartglasses development. In 2018, Niantic made a strategic investment into waveguide display maker DigiLens, with Samsung eventually…more