The University of South Australia and Nokia, the giant manufacturer of mobile phones, have joined hands to develop an application that would allow users of mobile phones to see through walls.

The technology is looking to make the system work by overlaying graphics atop real-world video images.

The newly developed technology has been made available in three different versions - X-ray Vision, Meltvision and Distortvision.

Both Meltvision and X-ray Vision work to unveil occluded points of interest. But, as has been shared by Dr. Christian Sandor, Director of the Magic Vision Lab at UniSA, Meltvision is more preferred by users, as it tends to make obstructive objects look like they are melting away.

Distortvision works by altering the mobile video image, and objects which are out of the line of sight are effectively "bent" into vision.

"More and more applications use high-quality 3D models, such as Google Earth, or photos, such as Google Streetview, of the environment. But with these approaches the real and virtual worlds are disconnected", Dr. Sandor said.