The past couple of weeks have been extremely hectic for the team behind E. Here's why:
AMSTERDAM, September 22nd 2009 – Today Layar announced the addition of 3D capabilities to its augmented reality browser platform. With 3D, developers can tag real-life objects with 3D text, place 3D objects in real-world space, and create multi-sensory experiences. The addition of 3D enables Layar developers to create more realistic and immersive augmented reality experiences for mobile devices.
Over 100 partners worldwide developing content layers including well known brands
AMSTERDAM, August 17th 2009. Layar, which was first launched in June 2009 in The Netherlands, announces that its second generation Reality Browser is now available globally on Android devices. Many new content layers are available in the Reality Browser which vary from Wikipedia, Twitter and Brightkite to local services like Yelp, Trulia, store locators, nearby bus stops, mobile coupons, Mazda dealers and tourist, nature and cultural guides.
Raimo van der Klein, CEO of Layar, announces the new global release of the Layar Reality Browser and walks through the new features. The video is less than 10 minutes.
Registration of the amazing keynote by sf author and design critic Bruce Sterling, “At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry”. He talks about its history, the cool side, the dark side and gives the industry some pointers to be successful.
Recorded at the Layar Launch Event on August 17th in Amsterdam where the Layar Reality Browser was launched for the world.
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The TXXI app’s idea is simple: Push one button and within minutes, a taxi will arrive at your location. Our biggest design challenge has been to keep the interface as simple as that. We need to give the user a 'one click action' experience. All other functionality has to happen below the surface. For example, what if a user has no internet connection? What happens when a user switches phones? What if the position could not be determined accurately enough? What if ... , what if ... ?
The first location based taxi-ordering app in the world.
In the last 50 years there has been very little change in the taxi branch. Where the other travel related businesses have seen major innovation, aviation and public transport for example. In the taxi business you still need to make a phone call or visit a netscape navigator website with a webform connected to a fax machine to order a taxi.
Instead of blogging an impersonal press release, we thought it would be a lot cooler to tell you more about what's happening behind the scenes at My Name is E. A lot of things have been going great lately, and it's great that it's coinciding with VMC. The life of a bootstrapped operation is not all fun and games, but it's a ride we can recommend to anyone.
Well, first of all I would like to thank everyone involved for their support to let us reach this far in the VMC-contest. Over at MyOrder HQ, we think Vodafone is doing a great job in getting the Mobile branch the attention it deserves. We all know the most advanced mobile technologies are still coming up and the fact Vodafone holds a contest such as this one enlightens us and motivates us to do an even better job.
Mobile innovation company SPRXmobile launched Layar on June 16th 2009 in Amsterdam. Its a mobile Augmented Reality browser, which displays real time digital information on top of reality (of) in the camera screen of the mobile phone.
While looking through the phone’s camera lens, a user can see houses for sale, popular bars and shops, jobs, healthcare providers and ATMs. The first country to launch Layar is The Netherlands. Launching partners are local market leaders ING (bank), funda (realty website), Hyves (social network), Tempo-team (temp agency) and Zekur.nl (healthcare provider).
