Layar Rapid Development Tools

Hey Layar Developers!

If you’re looking for a rapid development tool to create your layer, we’ve had a few fantastic creations come up lately, and we thought we’d share them with you.

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django-layar

django-layar is a project of Sunlight Labs (c) 2009.
by James Turk

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-layar/0.1.0
Provides abstract class that responds to Layar API requests in the appropriate format. By implementing two small functions it is possible to add a layer to the Layar augmented reality application for Android and iPhone.

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PorPOISe

by Jens de Smit

A PHP-based POI server for Layar. You can find code and documentation at http://code.google.com/p/porpoise/. It can run with both tab-delimited files and a relational database as a backend, as well as an XML format.

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LayarDotNet

by Dylan Phillips

If you are a C# developer, and want to get on the Layar Bus.  Check it out.  Invitations are also open for folks who want to contribute. Check it out here: http://layardotnet.codeplex.com

The license is open source, so you are welcome to include it in your own commercial products.

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Programmer Joe

He’s not an engine, but he is a coding machine…   Joe Ludwig has published the python code for one of his Layar projects in his blog post here. For the impatient, Here’s the code.