Comments on: Layar Reality Browser: Now Available On Android Market!

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:35:15 +0000

Looks like it’s not compatible with 2.0 yet(if the people above me have the Droid too). Layar says v3 will support it and will be out in a few weeks, posted on the 6th, so I’d guess a month at least.

http://forums.verizon.com/t5/Android-Devices/Where-is-Layar-on-android-market-Search-doesn-t-find-it/td-p/110814

http://layar.com/verizons-new-droid-is-currently-not-supported-by-layar/

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:32:18 +0000

Ok, thought I was the only one having a hard time finding it. Anyone know why they pulled it?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:07:32 +0000

Yeah, I can’t find it on the market either. What gives?

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:34:40 +0000

I couldn’t find it on the market either…. This sucks

By: Michael Campbell

Michael Campbell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:04:07 +0000

Can’t find it in the market either… =(

By: Josh H

Josh H — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:58:51 +0000

No longer available in the Android market?

By: Lukas Klinzing

Lukas Klinzing — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:35:48 +0000

For me, such apps are just wow-apps, that everybody must download because of the revolutionary progress. But for future, there is no reason for use. No, thats wrong said. Maybe there is a use, but limited to the information. For Future I will not watch all the time at my phone to see where i have to go. More interesting would be to have a voice in the ear saying me, ok now turn right to go to your choosen destination.
The only way augmented reality apps have a chance is to provide recognition of the objects. There are development firms creating for example an augmented reality app for face recognition.
If I use an augmented Reality app, and this reality app takes information based on GPS, then it´s for me just a Pseudo-Augmented Reality app…

By: Roy

Roy — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:18:45 +0000

The reality view should have some sort of distance recognition, because it really is just a background now.

By: Dilbert

Dilbert — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:49:26 +0000

It’s not bad, they definitely put some effort into this app. The camera view is kinda gimmicky. Sticking with the map view or list view is best. Google’s places directory shows many of the same things but I guess the plus to this app is the ability to add other “layers”.

By: JW

JW — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:10:55 +0000

Cool – tons of potential!

1. Working in landscape would be a good addition.

By: Morten

Morten — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:15:36 +0000

J. Mac, I think he means, why not just show the dots. The camera makes it choppy and eats battery. At least there should be an option to turn it off when you don’t need it.

By: jMAT

jMAT — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:12:48 +0000

this kinda scares me. the way technology is shaping up nowadays has an arrow that points straight towards George Orwell’s 1984… 8-)

By: flixnut

flixnut — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:26:01 +0000

It’s REALTY not REALITY.

By: J. Mac

J. Mac — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:01:32 +0000

@ Lukas – Because it’s faster than Google Street View, and requires less memory (i.e., none at all). Since the data layer is streaming via your internet connection, google street view and other picture services would need to thread with the data layer for connectivity, slowing overall preformance.

Also, Street View isn’t everywhere. The image from your camera looks exactly like the real world, and is 100% accurate to your current location.

By: Lukas Klinzing

Lukas Klinzing — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:26:29 +0000

why camera??? The app uses it only for having a background…