A Systematic Review of Enhancing Aerospace Safety with Augmented Reality

A flight simulator is a device that replicates the experience of flying an aircraft realistically, without actually leaving the ground. It consists of a cockpit with various systems and instruments that simulate the flight environment through the use of augmented reality. Augmented reality is a technology that overlays virtual elements onto the real world, enhancing the user's perception and interaction with their environment in real time. Flight simulators have been identified as valuable tools to provide safe and cost-effective ways to train pilots and simulate emergencies. This form of augmented reality can improve safety training by allowing the trainees, or pilots, to visualize and interact with potential hazards in a controlled environment, which can help them understand and retain safety procedures. By doing a bibliometric analysis, we conducted a deep dive into the uses of flight simulators and how it impacts flight training and engineering design.