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Make your own Layar screen shot with the Dreamcatcher

By maarten on July 8th 2009

layar_dreamcatcher_keynote09_template003 We have seen so many great ideas for Layar content that we searched for a way to give people the opportunity to express their own Layar ideas. We present to you the Dreamcatcher. With the Dreamcatcher you can now make your own Layar screen shots. So stop what you are doing and show us what you would like to see in the screen of your phone.

Get started with the Dreamcatcher

  1. It is easy, either use the Powerpoint template or two image assets provided below to make your screen shot.
  2. Publish your ideas on flickr, your website or blog and share them in the comments of this post.

We are looking forward to see your creativity! Go crazy!

  • Layar Powerpoint Template
  • Layar Image Assets:
    Download the image files by clicking on the images and selecting [save as].

    In your favorite editing program you can use these files. Use the example at the top of this post as a guide.

    phonelayar_total_interface2
    First find a good background image and open it. Place the phone image on top of the background image. Make a copy of the background image and size and crop it so it fits ‘in’ the phone and is a bit smaller.Place the Layar interface image on top of the previous images. Add Logo and title in the title bar. Add PIO text in the white image area on the bottom. If possible change the brown colors to your own style.

10 comments

  • By Mark A.M. Kramer on July 8th 2009 at 10:39 pm

    You can make screen shots using Wikitude Premium, it is part of the software.

  • By Isidore Postmes on July 8th 2009 at 10:42 pm

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3655/3701561707_eb88a428e5_o.jpg

    Location Based CMS – Augmented gaming/learning Platform
    Collaborative Shared Workspace, to stimulate peer learning effects and generate user generated content based on “Digital Storytelling”
    webapp based on gps location and compass that delivers content to for instance Layar

    Describing the sort of content pages to be delivered on location (by placing these types of info on a layer – googlemashup) with markers that can contain these webpages. These webpages contain different kinds of content modules which can be dragged onto their exact within a web based Location CMS.

    Every builded set of pages can be seen as a digital layer > enables you to quickly switch to another grid (layar)

    Building of the webpages can be done through a webinterfaces and should preferable be constructed as a teamworkspace. An administrator can give any subscriber the possibility to edit, place and/or delete content. Clicking a marker will reveal a small editable page in the exact dimension of the mobile browser.

    Editing of these pages will enable an admin to setup pages on location and attach content to them. Locations can also be used to attach certain action to them which are dependent on orientation and/or speed of the viewer.

    Visual lay-out can be skinned through a simple library of css stylesheets that can be selected as a template

    Teams can create share and play their layers through a simple personal database) page on which they can invite their friends to play a game….all very web2.0. Activities as recorded in the logs of every creator and/or player and are placed in a database as well. In learning how people will work you can learn how to innovate the offered features and rearrange the way information can be build with for instance graphic timelines that offer true multi media editing for digital storytelling. The results can be visualized through the website or can be delivered as data to a VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)

    In a later version we could think of enhancing the reality with 3D objects.

    Description of the contentmodules:

    • note
    can contain:
    -text
    -audio
    -video
    -3D content (FUTURE)

    • task
    -proximity time based challenge (if then statements attached to ACTION)
    -take a picture
    -make a video

    • question
    -multiple choice (regular 4 choices)
    -yes/no question
    -open question (can also be used for delivering comments on location)
    -rewardscheme for give good answers that are saved to the users profile

    • credits/punishments
    - collect gold (earn bonus points)
    - lose points
    - redirect to a different LAYAR (layer) when encountering an ACTIONmarker . “You’re bound to be imigrated to another Layar”

    • hint
    - provide users with possible clues
    - leave hints for other users

    • action
    - interact with other users (think of gaming and game strategy)
    - redirect to another layer based on ACTIONmarker

    • locate/track other users
    - show the users on the map and/or on which layer they are
    - calculate distance based on user config

    • message
    - to other users
    - read miniticker news (think of CNN) based on player messages and/or rss feed from given url

    (Possible) Interested Partners
    Ministerie OC&W
    Primary Education
    Secondary Education
    Higher Education (HBO & WO)
    Local VVV’s
    Gemeente(n)
    Provincie
    Providers of VLE’s (ItsLearning, BalckBoard, TeleTop, Moodle, Fronter)

    Kind regards and keep me posted on your findings

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  • By Iris B. on July 9th 2009 at 10:55 am

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/orphanannie/3702914743/

    Architectural History Layar, or ArchiLayar. Here’s an example from the architectural history of Amsterdam, the former NHM bank building (what would become the ABN bank and later the ABN-AMRO bank).

    The ArchiLayar can provide you with information about when a building was built, the architect, etc. There are much more possibilities of course. In this case the Layar also shows a photo of the architect of the building in question.

    This Layar could work in two ways. One way would be just to quickly provide information about a building as you happen to walk by. Another way would be to incorporate a city walk option. This would mean that besides providing you with information about the building you are viewing, there should also be an indication of in what direction to continue to walk. Before you start a city walk you can perhaps select from several options what type of walk you are interested in, for instance:

    A Thematic walk – Golden Age, Industrialization, Socialist, Architecture of H.P. Berlage, etc.
    B By architectural style – Baroque, Neoclassical, Neorenaissance, Amsterdamse School, etc.
    C Based on time: 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th century, etc.
    D By architecture types: bank architecture, museums, churches, etc.
    E Based on a part of town: Centre, Watergraafsmeer, de Pijp, etc.

    The ArchiLayar can then direct you around town based on the type of walk. These are only a few possibilities and I’m sure it can be expanded much further.

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  • By Paul M. Watson on July 10th 2009 at 11:50 pm

    Tom Raftery of Green Monk gave me the idea of an AMEE + Layar mashup. http://www.scrnshots.com/users/paulmwatson/screenshots/180302

  • By Robin on August 16th 2009 at 4:55 pm

    http://i31.tinypic.com/j0z985.jpg

    Layar meets Mimoa / Mimoa meets Layar. Mimoa is an online modern architecture guide. Mimoa is free and open for everyone to contribute: publish your projects, posts comments and ratings, define your personal favorites and keep track of the projects you’ve visited.

    I actually think it would be somewhat easy to create this Layar, since they already have such a giant, detailed database with the location of each project. Furthermore, they’re a fellow Dutch startup, just like you guys. And they have projects all over the world (weren’t you thinking about going international?).

    Let’s make this happen!

  • By Erik on August 24th 2009 at 5:35 pm

    Would be great to have a photoshop layer document with the interface of Layar…

    Anyone?

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