The recent developments of Augmented Reality (AR) have revolutionised various industries, including the heritage industry. Cultural organisations are embracing AR applications to enhance the experience of their heritage assets. The heritage industries widely use this state-of-the-art technology to create the missing sparks from their static environment. However, there are very limited review studies that have focussed on investigating factors such as characteristics of AR, classifications of cultural heritage (CH), use-cases, technologies, techniques, interfaces, platforms and the specific challenges faced in this context. This study aims to bridge this gap by conducting a systematic review of AR applications in the context of cultural heritage, referred to as AR-CH. A total of forty-five works published between the years 2013–2023 in the top 7 most popular indexed databases are reviewed. The systematic review has been conducted using the Kitchenham method, and the analysis of the findings was carried out using the PRISMA method. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the current state of AR-CH systems and outlines the research directions that require more investigation.

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文化遗产领域的增强现实系统：系统回顾

增强现实 (AR) 的最新发展彻底改变了各个行业，包括遗产行业。文化组织正在采用 AR 应用来增强其遗产资产的体验。遗产产业广泛使用这种最先进的技术来创造静态环境中缺失的火花。然而，专注于调查 AR 特征、文化遗产 (CH) 分类、用例、技术、技巧、界面、平台以及在此背景下面临的具体挑战等因素的综述研究非常有限。本研究旨在通过对文化遗产背景下的 AR 应用（简称 AR-CH）进行系统回顾来弥补这一差距。审查了 2013 年至 2023 年间在前 7 个最受欢迎的索引数据库中发表的总共 45 部作品。使用Kitchenham方法进行系统评价，并使用PRISMA方法对结果进行分析。本文对 AR-CH 系统的现状进行了全面的回顾，并概述了需要更多研究的研究方向。