Layar was launched in June 2009 and this interview with Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, one of the founders and current general manager, looks at the last year and their future goals. Of particular note is Lens-FitzGerald’s mention of Bruce Sterling’s keynote, “At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry“, from the Launch Event in August last year.
Video: Bruce Sterling’s Keynote – At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry from Maarten Lens-FitzGerald on Vimeo.
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Last month during my thunder talk at Digital Odyssey I mentioned an iPhone app called StreetMuseum, created for the Museum of London by the creative agency Brothers and Sisters, that overlays images from the museum’s collection of photos onto the user’s view of the street.
Historypin, a new project by We Are What We Do and Google, comes very close to allowing anyone to recreate this. Unfortunately there is, as yet, no mention of a mobile app. However, the reason for the project, “to get generations talking more, sharing more and coming together more often” is a worthwhile undertaking and places a much needed emphases on the important social role that technology can play. Continue Reading »
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