Layar Vision Extension Combines Augmented Reality With Real World Objects

Layar the largest of the mobile augmented reality platforms has today announced the launch of its new Layar Vision Extension, that allows its applications to now recognise real world objects and place augmented reality information on top of them.

The new Layar Vision extension uses detection, tracking and computer vision techniques to augment objects in the physical world. Recognising which objects in the real world are augmented via the visual fingerprints of the objects, which are preloaded into the application based on the user’s layer selection. Watch the video after the jump to see the new Layar Vision extension in action to get a better idea on how the new system works.

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