Using AR headsets does not improve the performance of complex tasks because human eyes struggle to focus on two separate images, according to a survey by the University of Pisa. Researchers said that in tests AR users carried out complex tasks worse than others could have done and overestimated their performance. The users had also said they were more tired after using an AR headset. The research was based on tests with HoloLens’s Microsoft headset, but the researchers said the problem would be the same for any similar AR headset.
Using AR headsets does not improve the performance of complex tasks because human eyes struggle to focus on two separate images, according to a survey by the University of Pisa. Researchers said that in tests AR users carried out complex tasks worse than others could have done and overestimated their performance. The users had also said they were more tired after using an AR headset. The research was based on tests with Microsoft’s HoloLens headset, but the researchers said the problem would be the same for any similar AR headset.