39 research outputs found
Making omnichannel an augmented reality: the current and future state of the art
PurposeâThis paper explores the current and future role of Augmented Reality (AR) as an enabler of omnichannel experiences across the customer journey. To advance the conceptual understanding and managerial exploitation of AR, the paper synthesises current research, illustrating how a variety of current applications merge online and offline experiences, and provides a future research agenda to help advance the state of the art in AR.
Design/methodology/approachâDrawing on situated cognition theorising as a guiding framework, the paper reviews previously published research and currently deployed applications to provide a roadmap for future research efforts on AR-enabled omnichannel experiences across the customer journey.
FindingsâAR offers myriad opportunities to provide customers with a seamless omnichannel journey, smoothing current obstacles, through a unique combination of i) embedded, ii) embodied, and iii) extended customer experiences. These three principles constitute the overarching value drivers of AR and offer coherent, theory-driven organising principles for managers and researchers alike.
Originality/valueâCurrent research has yet to provide a relevant, conceptually robust understanding of AR-enabled customer experiences. In light of the rapid development and widespread deployment of the technology, this paper provides an urgently needed framework for guiding the development of AR in an omnichannel context
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When nothing is what it seems. A Digital Marketing Research Agenda
Digital breakthroughs continue to challenge prevailing understandings of markets and marketing practices, bringing exciting opportunities to reimagine our offerings. Looking through the lens of digital surrealism, we identify key trends emerging in the field: (1) Is AR (Augmented Reality) for real?; (2) There is no better PR than GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation); (3) A persona is not a persona; (4) Min(e)d your language, and; (4 ž) Raise your voice. Maybe. Based on these trends we develop an agenda for future research that enables the realization of the opportunities that the digital space offers
Context-dependent cheating: experimental evidence from 16 countries
Policy makers use several international indices that characterize countries according to the quality of their
institutions. However, no effort has been made to study how the honesty of citizens varies across countries. This paper explores the honesty among citizens across sixteen countries with 1440 participants. We employ a very simple task where participants face a trade-off between the joy of eating a fine chocolate and the disutility of having a threatened self-concept because of lying. Despite the incentives to cheat, we find that individuals are mostly honest. Further, international indices that are indicative of institutional honesty are completely uncorrelated with citizens' honesty for our sample countries
Seeing eye to eye: social augmented reality and shared decision making in the marketplace
Firms increasingly seek to improve the online shopping experience by enabling customers to exchange product recommendations through social augmented reality (AR). We utilize socially situated cognition theory and conduct a series of five studies to explore how social AR supports shared decision making in recommenderâdecision maker dyads. We demonstrate that optimal configurations of social AR, that is, a static (vs. dynamic) point-of-view sharing format matched with an image-enhanced (vs. text-only) communicative act, increase recommendersâ comfort with providing advice and decision makersâ likelihood of using the advice in their choice. For both, these effects are due to a sense of social empowerment, which also stimulates recommendersâ desire for a product and positive behavioral intentions. However, recommendersâ communication motives impose boundary conditions. When recommenders have strong impression management concerns, this weakens the effect of social empowerment on recommendation comfort. Furthermore, the stronger a recommenderâs persuasion goal, the less likely the decision maker is to use the recommendation in their choice
Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone
In physics, Feynman diagrams are used to reason about quantum processes. In
the 1980s, it became clear that underlying these diagrams is a powerful analogy
between quantum physics and topology: namely, a linear operator behaves very
much like a "cobordism". Similar diagrams can be used to reason about logic,
where they represent proofs, and computation, where they represent programs.
With the rise of interest in quantum cryptography and quantum computation, it
became clear that there is extensive network of analogies between physics,
topology, logic and computation. In this expository paper, we make some of
these analogies precise using the concept of "closed symmetric monoidal
category". We assume no prior knowledge of category theory, proof theory or
computer science.Comment: 73 pages, 8 encapsulated postscript figure
Augmented Reality: What Motivates Late Millennials towards Fashion Mobile Apps?
Generation Z is expected to be a dominant demographic and economic group. Cyber-waviness,
constant reliance on smart devices that allows them to be always connected are among some of
their intrinsic characteristics. The combination of this reality with the ever-changing
technological environment is compelling retailers to reshape their business strategies, to meet
this group desires and expectations and to foster their engagement. Augmented reality (AR) is
emerging as a technological solution that pleases both consumers and retailers. This paper aims
to answer two main questions: (1) How does generation Z evaluate an AR experience? (2)
Which attributes/benefits do they value or not during an AR experience? Drawing on a
qualitative methodology â content analysis of 34 interviewees â we discuss six main
dimensions the potential customer value of the relationship between them and AR experiences
under retailer context.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Omnichannel Value Chain: Mapping Digital Technologies for Channel Integration Activities
In order to provide a seamless customer experience, researchers and practitioners have proposed creation of an omnichannel retailing environment by integrating online and offline channels. Channel integration necessitates use of digital technologies and there are myriads of technological solutions available. However, retailers are struggling with selection and implementation of suitable technologies to add value through channel integration. Despite the strong practical need, this issue has not been effectively addressed in the academic literature. This paper presents an omnichannel value chain underpinned by Porterâs value chain model. We identify ten channel integration activities for value creation by carrying out a synthesis of current research on omnichannel retailing. Enabling digital technologies are then mapped to these activities using technology implementation examples and provide a guideline for retailers to select appropriate technologies for the identified value creation activities
Calcitonin substitution in calcitonin deficiency reduces particle-induced osteolysis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Periprosthetic osteolysis is a major cause of aseptic loosening in joint arthroplasty. This study investigates the impact of CT (calcitonin) deficiency and CT substitution under in-vivo circumstances on particle-induced osteolysis in <it>Calca </it>-/- mice.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We used the murine calvarial osteolysis model based on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) particles in 10 C57BL/6J wild-type (WT) mice and twenty <it>Calca </it>-/- mice. The mice were divided into six groups: WT without UHMWPE particles (Group 1), WT with UHMWPE particles (Group 2), <it>Calca </it>-/- mice without UHMWPE particles (Group 3), <it>Calca </it>-/- mice with UHMWPE particles (Group 4), <it>Calca </it>-/- mice without UHMWPE particles and calcitonin substitution (Group 5), and <it>Calca </it>-/- mice with UHMWPE particle implantation and calcitonin substitution (Group 6). Analytes were extracted from serum and urine. Bone resorption was measured by bone histomorphometry. The number of osteoclasts was determined by counting the tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRACP) + cells.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Bone resorption was significantly increased in <it>Calca </it>-/- mice compared with their corresponding WT. The eroded surface in <it>Calca </it>-/- mice with particle implantation was reduced by 20.6% after CT substitution. Osteoclast numbers were significantly increased in <it>Calca </it>-/- mice after particle implantation. Serum OPG (osteoprotegerin) increased significantly after CT substitution.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>As anticipated, <it>Calca </it>-/- mice show extensive osteolysis compared with wild-type mice, and CT substitution reduces particle-induced osteolysis.</p
Augmenting the Eye of the Beholder: Exploring the Strategic Potential of Augmented Reality to Enhance Online Service Experiences
Driven by the proliferation of augmented reality (AR) technologies, many firms are pursuing a strategy of service augmentation to enhance customersâ 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, funct ions 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 customersâ privacy concerns
Pravastatin for early-onset pre-eclampsia:a randomised, blinded, placebo-controlled trial
Objective: Women with pre-eclampsia have elevated circulating levels of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1). Statins can reduce sFlt-1 from cultured cells and improve pregnancy outcome in animals with a pre-eclampsia-like syndrome. We investigated the effect of pravastatin on plasma sFlt-1 levels during pre-eclampsia. Design: Blinded (clinician and participant), proof of principle, placebo-controlled trial. Setting: Fifteen UK maternity units. Population: We used a minimisation algorithm to assign 62 women with early-onset pre-eclampsia (24 +0â31 +6 weeks of gestation) to receive pravastatin 40 mg daily (n = 30) or matched placebo (n = 32), from randomisation to childbirth. Primary outcome: Difference in mean plasma sFlt-1 levels over the first 3 days following randomisation. Results: The difference in the mean maternal plasma sFlt-1 levels over the first 3 days after randomisation between the pravastatin (n = 27) and placebo (n = 29) groups was 292 pg/ml (95% CI â1175 to 592; P = 0.5), and over days 1â14 was 48 pg/ml (95% CI â1009 to 913; P = 0.9). Women who received pravastatin had a similar length of pregnancy following randomisation compared with those who received placebo (hazard ratio 0.84; 95% CI 0.50â1.40; P = 0.6). The median time from randomisation to childbirth was 9 days [interquartile range (IQR) 5â14 days] for the pravastatin group and 7 days (IQR 4â11 days) for the placebo group. There were three perinatal deaths in the placebo-treated group and no deaths or serious adverse events attributable to pravastatin. Conclusions: We found no evidence that pravastatin lowered maternal plasma sFlt-1 levels once early-onset pre-eclampsia had developed. Pravastatin appears to have no adverse perinatal effects. Tweetable abstract: Pravastatin does not improve maternal plasma sFlt-1 or placental growth factor levels following a diagnosis of early preterm pre-eclampsia #clinicaltrial finds