Imagine if you could use your Android phone’s camera to point at your surroundings and see real-time information about those surroundings displayed on your screen. Sounds futuristic, doesn’t it? Thanks to Layar, a “reality browser”, the future is now and you can download the app from the Android Market. Layar utilizes the phone’s camera, GPS capability and compass to display helpful information about your surroundings, from historic landmarks to reviews for restaurants and night clubs. Not only is Layar an innovative app, but it’s also a platform with available API for 3rd-party developers to utilize it’s reality browser capabilities for their own apps. Check out the video of Layar in action below.

Source: Androinica