Augmented Reality Based Human-Machine Interfaces in Healthcare Environment: Benefits, Challenges, and Future Trends

Augmented reality and virtual reality are becoming increasingly prominent in academia and industry. A technology that superimposes additional information on top of the real world is known as augmented reality. Since augmented reality is inextricably linked to the natural world, it is regarded as a partially immersive component of reality. However, unlike virtual reality, augmented reality does not provide a completely immersive experience. Virtual reality has long been depicted as a medium defined by a bevy of technological devices, such as laptops, head-mounted displays, microphones, and motion-sensing gloves. The goal of this research is to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the literature on augmented reality and virtual reality-based Human Machine Interfaces in healthcare. The concept of a smart healthcare environment is gaining traction in industry and product development, resulting in the development of new and more intelligent solutions, technologies, and architectures. Cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality, and virtual reality are all being used by manufacturers and developers in their manufacturing and overall operations. The research will also examine the advantages of augmented reality in the medical field, as well as the problems these technologies face and where they are heading in the future.