The Use of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in Ergonomic Applications for Education, Aviation, and Maintenance

Practicing engineers associated with military applications performed a literature review to detail the use of augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) related to ergonomic applications across education, aircraft crew stations, and maintenance. This review examines articles based on both breadth of applications for and relevance to ergonomic AR/VR applications. Results of the review were summarized across multiple industries to highlight specific use cases of AR/VR applications. The purpose of this article is to inform ergonomics practitioners of current AR/VR applications addressing ergonomic issues across a selection of three military-related usage areas and to highlight research insights, implementation ideas, and commonalities between applications.