[HTML][HTML] Can you smell the (virtual) roses? The influence of olfactory cues in virtual reality on immersion and positive brand responses

K Cowan, S Ketron, A Kostyk, K Kristofferson - Journal of retailing, 2023 - Elsevier
Virtual reality (VR) has grown in popularity and technological ability, offering wider potential
for retailers to immerse consumers in branded experiences. On the industry side, experts …

Customer engagement in multi-sensory virtual reality advertising: the effect of sound and scent congruence

M Brengman, K Willems, L De Gauquier - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite the power of VR in immersing viewers in an experience, it generally only targets
viewers via visual and auditory cues. Human beings use more senses to gather information …

Virtual terroir and the premium coffee experience

F Barbosa Escobar, O Petit, C Velasco - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With its origin-centric value proposition, the specialty coffee industry seeks to educate
consumers about the value of the origin of coffee and how the relationship with farmers …

Consumer store experience through virtual reality: its effect on emotional states and perceived store attractiveness

B Jin, G Kim, M Moore, L Rothenberg - Fashion and Textiles, 2021 - Springer
Based on the stimuli-organism-response model, this study aims to examine whether
consumers' store experience through virtual reality (VR), compared to website experience …

Consumer experiences of virtual reality: Insights from VR luxury brand fashion shows

J Jung, J Yu, Y Seo, E Ko - Journal of Business Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Virtual reality (VR) offers a new medium for marketing communications, where consumers
are immersed into technologically synthesized 'real-use'experiences of products and …

Perception is reality… How digital retail environments influence brand perceptions through presence

K Cowan, N Spielmann, E Horn, C Griffart - Journal of Business Research, 2021 - Elsevier
How and when should retailers use 360-virtual reality (VR) versus other media? What role
does haptic sensory information play in VR and can consumers actually imagine touch? The …

Virtual reality is so cool! How technology innovativeness shapes consumer responses to service preview modes

V Bogicevic, SQ Liu, S Seo, J Kandampully… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Today's hospitality brands often gain a competitive advantage through being cool and
employing cutting edge technologies. Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the most novel tools to …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of scent on virtual reality experiences: The role of aroma-content congruence

C Flavián, S Ibáñez-Sánchez, C Orús - Journal of Business Research, 2021 - Elsevier
We live in a multisensory world. Our experiences are constructed by the stimulation of all our
senses. Nevertheless, digital interactions are mainly based on audiovisual elements, while …

A dual model of product involvement for effective virtual reality: The roles of imagination, co-creation, telepresence, and interactivity

K Cowan, S Ketron - Journal of business research, 2019 - Elsevier
Virtual reality (VR) is receiving increasing interest from marketers as this technology
provides significant opportunities for enhancing consumer engagement and responses …

[HTML][HTML] Brands in virtual reality games: Affective processes within computer-mediated consumer experiences

ZMC van Berlo, EA van Reijmersdal, EG Smit… - Journal of Business …, 2021 - Elsevier
Virtual reality (VR) marketing is here to stay—or at least that is what is generally believed.
Head-mounted display (HMD) VR hardware is rapidly becoming more accessible to the …