Layar has rolled out a new variation of its augmented world browser, and it’s packed with new features. It won’t wash the dishes (not yet, anyway), but Layar 3.0 should shuffling up for that weakness with its ability to place 3D objects into real number-quad, templet you on tours and personalize a particular bed. Imagine walking around a metropolis, pull out your smartphone and determination interesting art and “fun objects” floating around. Or, imagine touring a city and using your smartphone to find places of interest along the agency – like the “Abbey Road” that was made famous by the Beatles. Layar 3.0 does all that.
One of the best examples of Layar 3.0’s 3D Objects feature is the virtual mockup of the new Market Asaph Hall in Rotterdam. The building is distillery under construction, but if you point your Layar web browser at the building internet site, you’ll see a 3D modeling of the building that you can walk around and even peek within. Or, if you happen to be in Eternal City, you might soon be able to point Layar at the Colosseum and see an overlaid image of what it would wealthy person looked like a millennium ago.
Layar 3.0 also gives developers the power to add personalization features to their layers, allowing you to sight tweets from only the tweeps you follow or view check-ins from your Foursquare friends.
At the moment, Layar 3.0 is available for Android 1.5 and Android 1.6 devices. You can download it free from the Android Market. Android 2.0 users (Droid fans, we’re talking to you), hold tight, Layar’s got a compatible version in the works. iPhone 3GS users volition wealthy person to waiting on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s approval of the new Layar 3.0 app – so expect it anytime between now and never.
[Via: Layar]
