Who we are
We’re a joint venture between two
companies. The design focused
Miura Ltd and technology
focused Viewmy.tv Ltd.

We have developed a Layar content management system (CMS) for managing points of interest (POIs). We facilitate a Wikipedia like folksonomy system for crowdsourcing POIs, thereby allowing contributions and editing from everyone.

Our products Pointr and DealFinder let you finds crowdsourced POIs. They allow folksonomy based contributions and editing of global points of interest by everyone.

We are Layar Augmented Reality content developers. We develop engaging user experiences with new ways of location related interaction.

Glossary

POI: Point Of Interest
Layer Gallery: The navigation screens allowing the user to search and view available layers.
APK: The Android binary file for the Layar app.
Layar app: The client application on the device.
Developer: External party that creates a layer and the service to retrieve POIs.
AR View: The augmented reality view, with the POIs superimposed on the camera view.
List View: A list of all POIs
Map View: POIs shown on a map
BIW: Brief Info Widget
CIW: Circular Info Widget
About myLayar

Our Mission

Connect people in a relevant matter
Provide people with meaningful experiences
Creates interactive communication that let’s people make sense of the world around them
Our Future

Our Future

Pointr is a globally managed public place to find and submit general interest POIs. We aim to grow Pointr into the largest public POI layar.
DealFinder is a globally managed public place to find and submit POIs for local discounts, offers, vouchers and deals. We aim to grow DealFinder into a global vouchers and discount service.
FAQs

FAQs

Is my iPhone compatible?
The new 3GS (with the compass and accelerometer) with version 3.1 of the operating system installed are.

How do I download the apps?
First you must install the Layar Browser.

What is the Layar browser?
The Layar browser is a free application that enables you to view many different augmented reality applications.

How do I get the Layar browser?
Go to the marketplace (Android) or App Store (iPhone) and search for "Layar"

What is Augmented Reality?
Augmented Reality (AR) is the term used to describe the combination of the real and the virtual worlds.

How does it know where I am?
By using the data from your handsets' compass and GPS, the layar application figures out where you are and which direction you are looking, so the video display on your handset is augmented with relevant points of interest (POI) near you and in real-time.