If I could devise a spell it would change me into anything I want! I could be an animal or a tree . . . well . . anything! I could even swap lives with anyone, even my family and friends. Its name ...

The "Book of Spells" — written in part by Rowling — is the first augmented reality book/game hybrid to arrive for the new Wonderbook from Sony, which launched this week.

Combining this accurate pointing ability with Wonderbook's page-turning magic is a perfect combination for Book of Spells. It simply makes sense to use the controller as a wand.

Wonderbook – or more specifically Book of Spells, because I still believe the actual concept has potential – isn’t quite interactive enough to make it an enjoyable game, and doesn’t have ...