The advancement of multimedia technologies has played an essential role in the design of study programs; educators can integrate tools that help present course content and thus meet teaching objectives in conjunction with increasing engagement, motivation, and content retention. Educators, instructional designers, and decision-makers are involved in evaluating multimedia technologies to incorporate them into the curricula. Those interested in integrating them require information regarding their advantages and disadvantages. Augmented reality is a technological and multimedia tool evaluated in many studies and experiments. The advantages and disadvantages of its use in education and study programs of different kinds have been elucidated.