There is a significant body of research in “naturalistic designs” of augmented reality (AR), concerning different fields (medicine, education, arts etc). Although naturalistic approaches have the potential to enable new forms of experiencing and experimenting with AR technologies, it remains unclear how they can impact participants’ motivation. From within an evaluation of the relevant literature and research results pertaining to naturalistic approaches to AR technology, this study aims to show how naturalistic approaches can be particularly effective in increasing the usefulness of the three widely recognized types of AR (marker-based AR, markerless and location-based AR). This study presents the results of an analysis of a review of articles of the peer-reviewed literature on naturalistic approaches applied to AR, considering the advantages, disadvantages and effectiveness of the combination of naturalistic approaches with AR across various domains. In total 33 studies published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences were analyzed. The implications of this research are that naturalistic approaches applied to AR technology help to foster positive attitudes towards AR, to facilitate collaboration and to enhance the users’ social collaboration, personal development and skills in the use of AR software. Among all domains of applications of AR with naturalistic approaches (education, medicine, digital arts, cultural heritage), the domain of human-computer interaction has attracted more attention in experimental researches. Also, motion-sensing input devices are the kind of technology which appears more beneficial for these fields.

在增强现实（AR）的“自然主义设计”中，涉及不同领域（医学，教育，艺术等）的研究很多。尽管自然主义方法有可能实现新形式的AR技术体验和试验，但仍不清楚它们如何影响参与者的动力。通过对与AR技术的自然主义方法相关的相关文献和研究结果进行评估，本研究旨在展示自然主义方法如何在提高三种广为人知的AR类型（基于标记的AR，无标记的和基于位置的AR）。这项研究提出了一项分析结果，该分析是对同行评审文献中有关应用于AR的自然主义方法的文章进行的分析，其中考虑了其优势，自然主义方法与跨多个领域的AR相结合的缺点和有效性。共分析了33篇在同行评审的期刊和会议上发表的研究。这项研究的意义在于，应用于AR技术的自然主义方法有助于树立对AR的积极态度，促进协作并增强用户的社交协作，个人发展和使用AR软件的技能。在具有自然主义方法的AR应用的所有领域（教育，医学，数字艺术，文化遗产）中，人机交互领域在实验研究中引起了更多关注。同样，运动感应输入设备是一种在这些领域似乎更有益的技术。