On Monday I received a call from the BBC here in the UK, asking if I was interested in taking part in a program about augmented reality and mobile gaming. Yesterday I found myself at the BBC studios in London being plied with makeup and taking part in a short interview on what augmented reality is and what it means to game developers. After that it was a trip down to the Blue Peter Gardens to so some filming of demos.

The Augmented Planet blog is now available as an iPhone application. Readers can now keep up to date with augmented reality news and content directly on their device.

Total Immersion, the people behind great demos such as Avatar, Coke, Citroen + many more had a great spot on the Sky News Technology Unplugged program.

Take a look at Myles Pelton from Total Immersion in action.

Now is a good time to be thinking about releasing an augmented reality application, but what’s out there in the appstore already? Searching the appstore for ‘augmented reality’ used to produce a single page of results, these days there are hundreds of apps all fighting for your attention and hard earned pennies. We thought we would take a look and see what applications are available. Welcome to part one of the ultimate guide to iPhone augmented reality applications.

Announcing AugmentedRealityNews. AugmentedRealityNews is your one stop shop for all things AR. We’ll seek out the headlines from blogs, products and news sources and bring them together into one single list. You’ll always be up to date with whats happening and will have the latest headlines as they are published.

The new Topps 3D Live football cards feature quarterbacks who pop up from specially designated cards to fire passes to virtual receivers, all the while seeking to keep away from defensive obstacles.

Mobilizy take the lead and submit Augmented Reality Markup Language (ARML) to the AR Consortium. What does this mean for users and how will it change the way we use augmented reality in the future?

New videos from Layar and Nokia to share their augmented reality vision’s of the future. Hit or miss?

Lot’s of augmented reality demo for you today in a news digest of all the things making the headlines on twitter.