Consumer Consciousness in Multisensory Extended Reality

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  • Olivia Petit
  • Carlos Velasco
  • Wang, Qian
  • Charles Spence

The reality-virtuality continuum encompasses a multitude of objects, events and environments ranging from real-world multisensory inputs to interactive multisensory virtual simulators, in which sensory integration can involve very different combinations of both physical and digital inputs. These different ways of stimulating the senses can affect the consumer’s consciousness, potentially altering their judgements and behaviours. In this perspective paper, we explore how technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) can, by generating and modifying the human sensorium, act on consumer consciousness. We discuss the potential impact of this altered consciousness for consumer behaviour while, at the same time, considering how it may pave the way for further research.

Original languageEnglish
Article number851753
JournalFrontiers in Psychology
Volume13
Number of pages7
ISSN1664-1078
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

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