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AR developers can't change the hype cycle, but they can position themselves to withstand the upcoming trough of disillusionment. I think it will come with the iPhone 3.1 launch, when users find that the mobile AR tech isn't quite at the level it's advertised to be.

The possibilities of Augmented Reality ("AR") on mobile devices are only just becoming apparent. SequencePoint Software has a promising demo app, "ARound", for the Nokia N97.

SHOULD the guidebook industry be feeling anxious? The Sunday Times draws attention to an interesting new gadget, Wikitude, which could render some guides obsolete. Wikitude combines accessibility-it's a piece of software that can run on certain mobile phones-with the encyclopaedic breadth of the Wikipedia website to provide detailed information about what you see around you.

Apple won't let augmented reality apps into the iPhone App Store. Why? The answer might be patent application number 20090175499, called "Systems and methods for identifying objects and providing information related to identified objects". The first claim in the application is a doozy: A method of providing a user with information related to an object in real time comprising: identifying the object with a portable electronic device; establishing a communications channel with an external source; searching for information related to the identified object on the external source, acquiring the information via the communications channel; and enabling the user to access at least a portion of the information on the portable electronics device.

This is a video of the first beta version of TwittARound - an augmented reality Twitter viewer on the iPhone 3GS.

This is a video of the first beta version of TwittARound - an augmented reality Twitter viewer on the iPhone 3GS. It shows live tweets around your location on the horizon. Because of video see-through effect you see where the tweet comes from and how far it is away.