A method of executing an augmented reality application with a wireless communication device comprising: receiving, with a processor of the wireless communication device, a plurality of image frames each representing a portion of a scene; converting the plurality of image frames into a single picture, wherein the single picture comprises at least portions of the plurality of image frames stitched together to represent the scene; presenting the single picture to a user of the wireless communication device when the user is not oriented toward the scene represented in the single picture; requesting augmented reality content for the scene represented in the single picture from an augmented reality database server; progressively receiving the augmented reality content for the scene represented in the single picture from an augmented reality database server, processing the augmented reality content to overlay the single picture presented to the user of the wireless communication device, wherein processing the augmented reality content to overlay the single picture comprises progressively adding the augmented reality content to the single picture as the augmented reality content is received from the augmented reality database server; wherein: the requesting the augmented reality content comprises sending the single picture to the augmented reality database server; and the receiving the augmented reality content includes receiving position information for the augmented reality content in the single picture. receiving, with a processor of the wireless communication device, a plurality of image frames each representing a portion of a scene; converting the plurality of image frames into a single picture, wherein the single picture comprises at least portions of the plurality of image frames stitched together to represent the scene; presenting the single picture to a user of the wireless communication device when the user is not oriented toward the scene represented in the single picture; requesting augmented reality content for the scene represented in the single picture from an augmented reality database server; progressively receiving the augmented reality content for the scene represented in the single picture from an augmented reality database server, processing the augmented reality content to overlay the single picture presented to the user of the wireless communication device, wherein processing the augmented reality content to overlay the single picture comprises progressively adding the augmented reality content to the single picture as the augmented reality content is received from the augmented reality database server; wherein: the requesting the augmented reality content comprises sending the single picture to the augmented reality database server; and the receiving the augmented reality content includes receiving position information for the augmented reality content in the single picture. the requesting the augmented reality content comprises sending the single picture to the augmented reality database server; and the receiving the augmented reality content includes receiving position information for the augmented reality content in the single picture.