Recently Nokia launched Ovi Maps Racing for Nokia Symbian^1 handsets. The idea behind the game is that you use your current location to create a track around where you are using Ovi Maps, and then you can race around, trying to set the fastest lap times.

Today's augmented reality games are a fun affair, shoot a few aliens, blow up a few planes, or put out a few fires all from the comfort for your own home. The only danger is banging your knee on a table as you turn around. But as technology gets more sophisticated and graphics get better, what are the implications of augmented reality games, will the technology make them to hot to handle?

Pandemica from XMG Studios is the latest augmented reality iPhone game that uses the camera and accelerometer to produce an entertaining arcade style shooter that you can experience with full 360 degrees of movement. Pandemica transforms your iPhone into a sub-field bio-scanner that can detect the invisible alien organisms that are around you.

Parallel Kingdom is a massively multi-player online role playing game that takes place around you. The game uses GPS to figure out your location and places the character directly in your neighbourhood where you can explore, declare war on other players or just fight the many creatures that live there

Two augmented reality games hit the iPhone store. Bug Splatter sees you take on the role of exterminator while in Drift you try to drive around the augmented reality course as quick as possible

The new augmented reality Firefighter 360 game for the iPhone sees you take on the role of a firefighter putting out fires that spring up in your camera view

We continue the top 10 count down of augmented reality concept games.

If you play video games then you'll love this top 10 countdown of augmented reality concept games.

Nokia owners no longer need to feel left out of the augmented reality game. We take a look at some of the augmented reality applications available for Nokia devices

From the same people that brought you the AR Shopper application comes CannonBallz. The premise of the game is simple, visit the webpage, allow the application to use your webcam then dodge the cannon balls that are fired at you from the pirate ships. A rather nice touch to promote the game virally is you can save [...]