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General Overview of Layar Development Platform

xuan
posted this on March 22, 2011 10:56

If you are new to Layar and layer development, please have a look at this FAQ list which answers questions like what's Layar, what's augmented reality, etc. The key facts are also summarized in the presentation below. We hope that these information will help you have a better understanding about Layar. The PDF version of the presentation is available for downloading.

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  • What is the total market size of Augmented Reality?
The medium of Augmented Reality is still in its infancy, and its total market size can only be sized with a rough estimate. ABIresearch estimates that the market size of mobile AR will grow from $21 million in 2010 to $3 billion in 2016
  • How many active users does Layar have?
The number of active users is continuously growing. You can find recent information about Layar statistics in the presentation above.
  • How many published layers are available in Layar?
The number of published layers is continuously growing. You can find recent information about Layar statistics in the presentation above. You could also check the number of published layers in the Layar catalog.
  • Which device OS does Layar support?
Android and iOS
  • What is the split between device OS using Layar?
Layar is available for different device OS, like Android and iOS. You can find recent information about the split between device OS globally in the presentation above. 
  • Which languages does the Layar app support?
Currently, Layar is available in Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, German, Greek, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese, Swedish, Korean, Slovakia.
  • What are Layar's main features? 
    • Support for 3D models  
    • Support for animated POIs  
    • Sharing to Facebook & Twitter  
    • Layer actions: call, email, share, web page   
    • Support for audio/video  
    • Gaming elements: autotriggers, relative POIs, point-to-point  
    • Layar Player (adding AR to your own iPhone app)  
    • Payment platform (with PayPal)
    • Layar Vision
 
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