Layar Announces Launch Of New Layar Vision Platform
Layar is one of the popular browsers of augmented reality , allowing you to create interesting, informative applications to quickly obtain accurate information about the world around us.
Layar announced the launch of a new platform - Layar Vision , which makes it possible to recognize objects in real time .
If earlier Layar provided information to users based solely on the basis of the readings of the built-in compass and geographical coordinates, now Layar is able to “see”, i.e. recognize color images .
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The user directs the cell phone camera to an image, the data about which is sent to the Layar server, and then compared with the image downloaded earlier by the developer. After these manipulations, which take less than a second in time, the augmented content is displayed on the user's screen.
As such content can be video, audio, 2D, 3D, animated 3D .
True, there are several limitations regarding the object of recognition. Layar Vision is able to identify images applied to a flat surface, such as posters, billboards, flyers, book and magazine covers, paintings.
Moreover, Layar announced the " Layar Creation Challenge " contest. Top 10 developers who manage to create interesting, useful layers will receive a cash prize in the amount of $ 2,500 to $ 15,000. Details about the competition here .
Layar announced the launch of a new platform - Layar Vision , which makes it possible to recognize objects in real time .
If earlier Layar provided information to users based solely on the basis of the readings of the built-in compass and geographical coordinates, now Layar is able to “see”, i.e. recognize color images .
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The user directs the cell phone camera to an image, the data about which is sent to the Layar server, and then compared with the image downloaded earlier by the developer. After these manipulations, which take less than a second in time, the augmented content is displayed on the user's screen.
As such content can be video, audio, 2D, 3D, animated 3D .
True, there are several limitations regarding the object of recognition. Layar Vision is able to identify images applied to a flat surface, such as posters, billboards, flyers, book and magazine covers, paintings.
Moreover, Layar announced the " Layar Creation Challenge " contest. Top 10 developers who manage to create interesting, useful layers will receive a cash prize in the amount of $ 2,500 to $ 15,000. Details about the competition here .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/125540/
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