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We've done Pip-Boy discovery and relay, creating new libraries in the process. Now it's time to put them to good use by building a multiplayer map. To get us there, I will show you how to use Observables to handle streams of player data and render them onto a map.

Kyle Kelley
Kyle Kelley

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