Steve Litchfield takes Wikitude, the ambitious augmented reality browser for Symbian (plus iPhone and Android) for a spin in his local area. What sort of things can Wikitude help you find and is the app ready for mass market adoption yet? More to the point, just how many spare batteries would you take to pack in order to get through a day of Wikituding in the city?(!)

"The idea behind Wikitude is to have a large number of 'worlds', essentially 'points of interest' databases that can be loaded in real time based on your current location and then displayed on a 'heads up' view on a live camera view of the world in front of you. The icons for each item float in the air around the horizon, with their position determined by their current compass direction from your position - a prerequisite, therefore, is a digital compass in the phone, which instantly knocks down the number of compatible Symbian-powered handsets somewhat (there's a list at the bottom of this review, along with appropriate download links)"

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