Towards Wearable Augmented Reality in Healthcare: A Comparative Survey and Analysis of Head-Mounted Displays

• Main Authors: Baashar Y., Alkawsi G., Wan Ahmad W.N., Alomari M.A., Alhussian H., Tiong S.K.
• Other Authors: 56768090200
• Format: Review
• Published: MDPI 2024
• Subjects: clinical settings; Google Glass; head-mounted display; healthcare; Microsoft HoloLens; smart glasses; Augmented Reality; Humans; Medicine; Smart Glasses; Surgery, Computer-Assisted; Wearable Electronic Devices; comparative study; health services; health worker; survey; technology adoption; training; augmented reality; eye pain; human; medical education; nursing competence; preoperative period; Review; computer assisted surgery; electronic device; medicine

Head-mounted displays (HMDs) have the potential to greatly impact the surgical field by maintaining sterile conditions in healthcare environments. Google Glass (GG) and Microsoft HoloLens (MH) are examples of optical HMDs. In this comparative survey related to wearable augmented reality (AR) technology in the medical field, we examine the current developments in wearable AR technology, as well as the medical aspects, with a specific emphasis on smart glasses and HoloLens. The authors searched recent articles (between 2017 and 2022) in the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and ScienceDirect databases and a total of 37 relevant studies were considered for this analysis. The selected studies were divided into two main groups