Layar (other)
Layar is technology company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands Layar may also refer to: *Layar (state constituency), in Malaysia * Layar LRT station, a railway station in Singapore See also * Laya (other) Laya or Layah may refer to: People * Laya (surname), a Chinese Indonesian surname * Laya Francis (born 1963), former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India * Laya Raki (born 1927), former dancer and film actress popular in ...

Layar
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. Technology The browser makes use of the following: * Accelerometer * Built-in camera * Compass * GPS These are used together to identify the user's location and field of view. From the geographical position, the various forms of data are laid over the camera view like inserting an additional layer. Content Data i ...
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Layar (state Constituency)
Layar is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly The Sarawak State Legislative Assembly is the legislative chamber of the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Sarawak; the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak forms the other part of the legislature. The Assembly is modelled after the ... since 1969. The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. History 2006–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Spak, Padeh, Bebanggai, Betong, Kampung Betong, Lubau, Penyalaneh, Jelau, Melanjan, Tapeh, Luing, Krapa, Teguyu, Perdu, Dabok, Gawis, Balingam, Kron, Plepok, Merunjau, Entanak, Saka, Penurin, Tanu, Jugir, Pasa, Selulap, Stambak. 2016–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Spak, Padeh, Bebanggai, Betong, Kampung Betong, L ...
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