Augmenting the eye of the beholder: exploring the strategic potential of augmented reality to enhance online service experiences

Tim Hilken (), Ko de Ruyter (), Mathew Chylinski (), Dominik Mahr () and Debbie I. Keeling ()
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Tim Hilken: Maastricht University
Ko de Ruyter: City University London
Mathew Chylinski: University of New South Wales
Dominik Mahr: Maastricht University
Debbie I. Keeling: Loughborough University

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2017, vol. 45, issue 6, No 7, 884-905

Abstract: Abstract Driven by the proliferation of augmented reality (AR) technologies, many firms are pursuing a strategy of service augmentation to enhance customers’ online service experiences. Drawing on situated cognition theory, the authors show that AR-based service augmentation enhances customer value perceptions by simultaneously providing simulated physical control and environmental embedding. The resulting authentic situated experience, manifested in a feeling of spatial presence, functions as a mediator and also predicts customer decision comfort. Furthermore, the effect of spatial presence on utilitarian value perceptions is greater for customers who are disposed toward verbal rather than visual information processing, and the positive effect on decision comfort is attenuated by customers’ privacy concerns.

Keywords: Augmented reality; Online service experience; Service marketing strategy; Situated cognition; Spatial presence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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