Augmented Reality (AR) is a hot technology right now. Being able to use your mobile phone’s camera to see online data about the world around you is a fascinating prospect and we’re just at the beginning of what this technology can do.

Layar, one of the most interesting AR apps out there right now, launched in Hollandto much excitement back in June. Back then the official plan was to roll the app out to a handful of countries this year but developer Sprxmobile has surprised us all by instead going for a global launch. Layar 2.0 is now available for Android phones the world over.

With the launch comes a huge variety of new ‘layers’ for the service. Response from developers to therecently launched API has obviously been huge as Layar now gives you access to a wide range of third-party data including:

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