Layar was a Dutch company based in Amsterdam, founded in 2009 by Raimo van der Klein, Claire Boonstra and Maarten Lens-FitzGerald. They created a mobile browser app called Layar. The browser allowed users to find various items, using augmented reality technology. On September 1, 2010, the World Economic Forum announced the company as a Technology Pioneer for 2011. In June 2014, Layar was acquired by the UK company Blippar. The Layar office in Amsterdam was closed down in 2016. In January 2019, it was reported that co-founders Klein and Lens-FitzGerald had expressed interest in buying back the intellectual property of Layar to relaunch it as an independent business. More information...
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