If this is not the coolest app that has hit the App Store since its inception, it should at least be the coolest iPhone app for 2010. Simply put, Word Lens is an augmented reality app that translates words your iPhone scans into another language. Right now, the app only has the English to Spanish, Spanish to English language translation pack, but more languages will be supported soon.

If you didn’t get your zombie game fix last Halloween, it doesn’t mean you can’t play such a game on your iPhone or iPod Touch anymore. You still can, and if you have the courage to do so, why not play an augmented reality game that lets you blast some zombies’ heads? The thing is, these zombies can come from behind you or right smack in front of you. Are you up for the adrenaline rush?

Does your product relate in any way to an internet meme? Would you like to attempt to ride the wave of popularity of the original meme? If so, you might just be BeenVerified.com. They’ve released a new app called “Sex Offender Tracker,” and their spokesperson is none other than everyone’s favorite bandanna wearing homeboy, Antoine Dodson. It uses the iPhone to augment reality with locations of registered sex offenders in your area for just $1.99. That way, you’ll know exactly when to hide your kids, and when to hide your wife.

Augmented reality. If you’re not familiar with the phrase, get there. It’s a fairly new trend in games in which the computer generated graphics are laid on top of what you actually see around you. There are other more detailed and possibly more accurate definitions, but forget about them. What matters here is that augmented reality games are starting to surface on the iPhone, and we’re going to take a look at two of the first: Fairy Trails and Arcade Reality.

We first told you last year all about the UrbanSpoon iPhone app, which allows you to find a restaurant by shaking your phone. Now, the developers have upgraded the app to help you find a way to chow down by adding a new Scope feature. This feature is an augmented reality app, and is exclusive to the iPhone 3GS. All you have to do is aim your iPhone at the street to see what is out there to eat.