MercuryGirl: The World’s First Augmented Reality Browser

A huge congratulations to Tim and everyone at MercuryGirl, who announced that they were awarded a Layar developer account. This means that MercuryGirl will be developing datasets for Layar, the world’s first Augmented Reality browser.

Initially MercuryGirl will be focusing on developing travel orientated layers.



Layar is a free Augmented Reality application for mobile phones. Layar is currently available for Android handsets and will be available on the iPhone in the near future.

Current layers:

• Funda, realty site, providing information for a layer with houses for sale and rent
• Tempo Team, temp agency, providing information for a layer with available jobs
• ING, bank, providing information for a layer with all ATM’s
• Zekur.nl, heath insurer, providing information for a layer with participating health care providers