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Augmented Reality Mobile Browser Becomes Reality

by Phil Barrett

Last week the mobile world was a buzz over a new augmented reality browser that layers on contextual information over top of what is seen through your mobile camera view.

The browser is called layar and currently is only available on Android based devices. For those of us in Canada, that means only the new HTC devices available on Rogers. An iphone version is promised for this Fall – but expect a wave of AR related applications to hit the market by the new year.

Check out the demo below and a broader review at tech crunch here.

  • Mac
    Very cool. I'm sure the Governator will want to get his hands on this for old times sake.
  • Ted Morris
    Great idea.
    So...what can it do for the consumer when buying a car, checking in at an airport kiosk (or a movie theatre for that matter) or shopping in a supermarket?
  • AR is all about adding contextual information to what you are already experiencing / seeing... so for example if you are browsing a used car lot on a Sunday when the dealership is closed, your AR browser can tell you the price of the vehicle, how it compares to the one down the street (and where that one is located) and what people in your network have rated / thought about it.

    AR can be pure entertainment... or it can be like i blogged about a few weeks ago - the ultimate terminator vision...but for your mobile.
  • David
    i downloaded it last week. not as exciting as i thought (maybe it was the "Ottawa factor"). STILL pretty exciting stuff.
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