Challenges and opportunities of augmented reality during the construction phase

Augmented reality (AR) is among the technologies in both Industry 4.0 and 5.0, which has the potential to play a key role in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC). Previous studies indicate that the use of AR, which is more prominent in other industries, is mainly focused on the construction phase. Additionally, this phase of the project faces performance, supervisory, and safety problems. Accordingly, this systematic review analyzes 50 related articles to assess the applications of this technology, its implementation, as well as its acceptance and non-acceptance factors in the construction phase. The results show that despite the advantages that AR brings, it is still not mature enough, and there are some inter-research conflicts in this field that require more profound studies to resolve them. Considering the existing challenges and research gaps, some future directions are provided in the final section of this review to clarify the research path for researchers.