Uploaded August 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Augmented reality or AR provides a new medium for mobiles and smartphones using the Layar mobile AR app. This allows mobile users to interact with their surroundings and see Augmented Reality content. The mobile AR world consists largely of two different types of experiences: geolocation and vision-based augmented reality.
Geolocation - AR that uses the GPS, compass and other sensors in the user's mobile phone to provide a 'heads-up' display of various geolocated points-of-interest.
Vision based AR - uses many of the same sensors in a mobile phone to virtually display digital content in context with real-world objects such as visual features, buildings, large objects, magazines or posters, all by tracking the visual features of these objects usign a mobile's built-in camera and AR mobile app.
Augmented reality or AR provides a new medium for mobiles and smartphones using the Layar mobile AR app. This allows mobile users to interact with their surroundings and see Augmented Reality content. The mobile AR world consists largely of two different types of experiences: geolocation and vision-based augmented reality.
Geolocation - AR that uses the GPS, compass and other sensors in the user's mobile phone to provide a 'heads-up' display of various geolocated points-of-interest.
Vision based AR - uses many of the same sensors in a mobile phone to virtually display digital content in context with real-world objects such as visual features, buildings, large objects, magazines or posters, all by tracking the visual features of these objects usign a mobile's built-in camera and AR mobile app.
