[2210.16463] Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality Measurement Under Different Environments: A Survey on Head-Mounted Devices

Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) have been two of the most
explosive research topics in the last few years. Head-Mounted Devices (HMDs)
are essential intermediums for using AR and MR technology, playing an important
role in the research progress in these two areas. Behavioral research with
users is one way of evaluating the technical progress and effectiveness of
HMDs. In addition, AR and MR technology is dependent upon virtual interactions
with the real environment. Thus, conditions in real environments can be a
significant factor for AR and MR measurements with users. In this paper, we
survey 87 environmental-related HMD papers with measurements from users,
spanning over 32 years. We provide a thorough review of AR- and MR-related user
experiments with HMDs under different environmental factors. Then, we summarize
trends in this literature over time using a new classification method with four
environmental factors, the presence or absence of user feedback in behavioral
experiments, and ten main categories to subdivide these papers (e.g., domain
and method of user assessment). We also categorize characteristics of the
behavioral experiments, showing similarities and differences among papers.