Tag Archives: Layar

10 Games That Could Be Made with Layar 3.0

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The new Layar 3.0release brings more functionality to the reality browser. To help people envision what the service can do, Layar touts five new use-cases: Five Layar 3.0 Use-Cases 1) Architecture Showcase – Visualize the final building at a construction … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, Steal This AR Idea! | Tagged 3D, AR Games, Art, augmented reality, Foursquare, future-technology, innovation, Layar, Layar 3.0, Lemmings, locative, POI, Pokeman, Wizardry, Zork | 13 Comments

Layar 3.0 Publishing Site is Up

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Interesting options contained within the Layar 3.0 release. Auto-trigger actions and POI-to-POI capability will help people make games and other products. I’d love to see a good cheesy choose-your-own-adventure using real places and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy style zaniness. Layar … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged 3D, augmented reality, future-technology, Layar, Layar 3.0 | 2 Comments

Another Layar Interview

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout interviews Layar’s co-founder Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald in this short video. Nothing new exposed, but it’s another example of the growing awareness of augmented reality by the mainstream media.

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, CNN, future-technology, Kristie Lu Stout, Layar, Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald | 11 Comments

Interview with Layar

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Isabelle Okane interviewed Claire Boonstra from Layar at eComm. Interview highlights: * Claire wields her smartphone like a lightsaber. * “Very soon will be head-mounted displays.” (Soon is translated in dutch as not next year) * Tons of Layars available in … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, Claire Boonstra, eComm, future-technology, Isabelle Okane, Layar | 2 Comments

The Augmented Reality Pop Quiz

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Think you know everything there is to know about augmented reality? Well, prove it and take the augmented reality pop quiz. If you’re proud of your score, post the results on twitter with the hashtag #arpopquiz or in the comment … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged ar popquiz, Arhrrrr, ARToolKit, augmented reality, Denno Coil, future-technology, Georgia Tech, Halting State, Hirokazu Kato, Int13, iPhone, ISMAR, Juniao, Layar, Lumus, Marco Tempest, metaio, Microvision, Mobilizy, Neogence Enterprises, Ogmento, Rainbows End, SPRX Mobile, Tonchidot, Total Immersion, vuzix, Wikitude, YDreams, yelp, Zugura | 11 Comments

Voodoo Experience Augmented Reality App

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

The music festival experience can be quite overwhelming with copious drinks, flickering lights and nose curdling levels of patchouli in the air. Add Caribbean voodoo, the masked hooligans of Halloween and the general craziness of New Orleans, and you’ll wish you … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, future-technology, Layar, music, Silversun Pickups, Voodoo Experience, Zehnder | Comments Off

Around the ARNet

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

This past month the specter of augmented reality, which in the past had been mostly research papers and speculation, has slowly been turning into real products. With a nice long three day weekend to relax, I thought I’d reflect on … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality, Industrial AR | Tagged augmented reality, Bruce Sterling, future-technology, iPhone, Layar, Lumus, Marshall Kirkpatrick, monocle, Nokia, Ori Inbar, Rouli Nir, the digital sea, Tish Shute, Ugo Trade, vuzix, Wikitude, yelp | 5 Comments

Proposal: Augmented Reality Scale

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

As we collectively disembark on a long journey to a future, hence unknown. We’ll want to mark our progress as it goes zipping by our technological car windows. With augmented reality intruding into the general consciousness, we’re going to need … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, Denno Coil, future-technology, iPhone, Layar, metaio, reality-interface matrix, RIM Scale, spatial computing, the digital sea, Wikitude | 13 Comments

10 Things Your AR App Must Have to Succeed

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

With the iPhone OS 3.1 launch set to debut next month, I wanted to explore the features that are going to help make some AR apps succeed over others. We’re going to be seeing a spike of releases since many … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality, Steal This AR Idea! | Tagged android, AR Games, Augment This!, augmented reality, EyePet, future-technology, games alfresco, google, innovation, iPhone, Layar, Nokia, OS 3.1, papervision, PS3, Rouli, Seinichi Kanemura, SREngine, the digital sea, vista, Zugara | 7 Comments

Layar 2.0 Walkthrough

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Tom Carpenter

Following up all the recent news from Layar reported on Games Alfresco – Raimo van der Klein, CEO of Layar, gives us a video tour of the new Layar 2.0 features. They’ve also released the Content Catalog listing the 87 … Continue reading →