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  • Extended reality (XR) enables manipulation of sensory input, offering potential to mitigate performance decrements caused by environmental distractions.
  • Existing research confirms distractions negatively impact performance, but the specific effects of XR-based distraction removal remain underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of computationally diminishing reality on task performance, environmental awareness, and subjective workload.
  • To compare the effects of universal versus context-aware diminished reality interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using a novel, demanding assembly task within a virtual reality (VR) environment.
  • Participants included STEM graduate students and Johnson Space Center employees, assigned to either a full distraction control or a diminished reality (DR) condition.
  • DR conditions involved either universal attenuation of distractions or context-aware filtering of non-task elements and unimportant audio.

Main Results:

  • Both experiments demonstrated that diminished reality (DR) aids can significantly lower subjective workload.
  • The STEM graduate student sample exhibited improved performance and environmental awareness with DR aids.
  • The Johnson Space Center professional sample showed no significant performance differences, and awareness results were mixed across both samples.

Conclusions:

  • Diminished reality (DR) interventions can yield outcomes comparable to complete distraction removal.
  • Further research is necessary to elucidate the optimal design of distraction removal strategies in relation to specific task demands.
  • Findings support the development of DR as a class of XR aids for managing attentional resources.