Kojima Productions’ Niantic Spatial project has a name and, for now, exactly one place to play it. Death Stranding Odradek: Tokyo Prototype is a location-based AR experience “inspired by the world of Death Stranding”, and according to the studio’s announcement on X tonight it is available only as part of the Beyond the Strand 10th anniversary exhibition at Azabudai Hills Gallery in Tokyo, from October 31 to December 20. How to take part will be explained on site to visitors. The clip attached to the post shows the idea in seven seconds: through a phone camera, black BT handprints press across a rain-slick Tokyo pavement one after another, the game’s warning that something dead is close, except the pavement is real.
Experience DEATH STRANDING ODRADEK: TOKYO PROTOTYPE, a location-based AR experience inspired by the world of DEATH STRANDING! Developed in partnership between Niantic Spatial and KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, this special AR experience will be available as part of the 10th Anniversary Exhibition.
The Odradek trademark from October 19 was this
A Japanese trademark filing for “Death Stranding Odradek”, dated October 19 and published this week, had fans guessing at everything from a replica of Sam’s shoulder-mounted BT scanner to the title of the A24 film. The filing covered game software and headsets among other classes, which fits an AR experience better than a prop. The name itself is the in-game device: the Odradek unfolds from the porter’s shoulder and points toward nearby BTs, which is the exact role the phone plays in the Tokyo clip.
The Niantic Spatial deal was announced in September 2025 with no product attached
Niantic Spatial chief executive John Hanke joined Hideo Kojima on stage at the Beyond the Strand livestream on September 23, 2025 to announce what Niantic Spatial’s own post called “a new technology partnership that will leverage Niantic Spatial’s geospatial AI technology to bring Hideo Kojima’s iconic storytelling into the real world”. Niantic Spatial is the geospatial company spun out of Niantic in 2025 when the Pokémon Go games business was sold, and it sells the mapping and positioning technology rather than the games. Tokyo Prototype is the first thing the partnership has put in front of the public.
“Prototype” and “Tokyo” leave the worldwide question open
Kojima Productions has not said whether Odradek will exist outside the exhibition, and the name is doing a lot of hedging: a prototype, built for one city, bundled with a ticketed show. The exhibition itself runs seven weeks and promises unseen Death Stranding production materials, immersive installations and video installations, plus a look at the studio’s horror project OD. The start screen in the press photo offers English and Japanese, which at least means overseas visitors can play. The r/DeathStranding thread’s top reply called it “super cool” while doubting a location game can thrive on “how small the IP is” next to the usual AR giants.
The same night, Kojima Productions released the first teaser for Death Stranding Isolations, its hand-drawn anime series, now dated 2027 on Hulu and Disney+.
