Challenges in Mixed Reality in Assisting Adults with ADHD Symptoms

TL;DR

This paper discusses the potential and challenges of using mixed reality to assist adults with ADHD, highlighting the scarcity of tailored solutions and continuous intervention prototypes in current research and commercial offerings.

Contribution

It identifies key challenges in developing mixed reality solutions for adult ADHD, emphasizing the need for more prototypes and continuous intervention studies.

Findings

Limited availability of adult-specific mixed reality prototypes

Few solutions offer continuous daily intervention

Significant research gap in proof-of-concept studies

Abstract

In this position paper, we discuss symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults, as well as available forms of treatment or assistance in the context of mixed reality. Mixed reality offers many potentials for assisting adults with symptoms commonly found in (but not limited to) ADHD, but the availability of mixed reality solutions is not only limited commercially, but also limited in terms of proof-of-concept prototypes. We discuss two major challenges with attention assistance using mixed reality solutions: the limited availability of adult-specific prototypes and studies, as well as the limited number of solutions that offer continuous intervention of ADHD-like symptoms that users can employ in their daily life.