Marketing in the Metaverse: Conceptual understanding, framework, and research agenda

KG Barrera, D Shah - Journal of Business Research, 2023 - Elsevier
A hyper-connected digital universe referred to as the 'metaverse'bears the promise of
fundamentally changing how consumers, brands, and firms will transact and interact in a …

The needs–affordances–features perspective for the use of social media

E Karahanna, SX Xu, Y Xu, N Zhang - Mis Quarterly, 2018 - JSTOR
The paper develops a needs–affordances–features (NAF) perspective on social media use
which posits that individuals' psychological needs motivate their use of social media …

What motivates users' viewing and purchasing behavior motivations in live streaming: a stream-streamer-viewer perspective

S Zheng, J Chen, J Liao, HL Hu - Journal of Retailing and Consumer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Live streaming has offered new opportunities for retailers to increase their sales, hence its
reception of continuous scholarly attention. However, understanding the antecedents of …

Metaverse meets branding: examining consumer responses to immersive brand experiences

A Wongkitrungrueng, L Suprawan - International Journal of Human …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The metaverse connects the physical and digital worlds to improve the consumer
experience, but little is known about how consumers respond to branded virtual worlds in …

Immersive interactive technologies and virtual shopping experiences: Differences in consumer perceptions between augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR)

JH Kim, M Kim, M Park, J Yoo - Telematics and Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on the concepts of the Reality-Virtuality (RV) continuum and the stimulus-organism-
response (Ssingle bondOsingle bondR) framework, this study investigated differences …

Virtual reality presence as a preamble of tourism experience: The role of mental imagery

V Bogicevic, S Seo, JA Kandampully, SQ Liu… - Tourism …, 2019 - Elsevier
While the dominant research stream on tourism technologies has investigated the adoption
of self-service, mobile, and web-based technologies, the potential of destination marketing …

Digital sensory marketing: Integrating new technologies into multisensory online experience

O Petit, C Velasco, C Spence - Journal of Interactive …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
People are increasingly purchasing (eg, food, clothes) and consuming (eg, movies, courses)
online where, traditionally, the sensory interaction has mostly been limited to visual, and to a …

The impact of virtual reality (VR) technology on sport spectators' flow experience and satisfaction

D Kim, YJ Ko - Computers in human behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Virtual Reality Spectatorship (VRS) is becoming an emerging sport media
consumption trend as it delivers such optimal experience that maximizes user satisfaction …

How interactivity and vividness influence consumer virtual reality shopping experience: the mediating role of telepresence

JH Kim, M Kim, M Park, J Yoo - Journal of Research in Interactive …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of interactivity and vividness on
perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment and their consequent impacts on consumer …

Unfolding the impacts of metaverse aspects on telepresence, product knowledge, and purchase intentions in the metaverse stores

RMS Jafar, W Ahmad, Y Sun - Technology in Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The metaverse is a confluence of several technical breakthroughs that promotes social and
economic engagement, resulting in a novel and immersive online purchasing experience …