How can augmented reality add value for companies: benefits and challenges of its application in marketing

The present study aims to gain a better understanding of the reasons influencing the use of AR applied in marketing. Besides its promising success in the literature, there is still a risk that Augmented Reality does not add value to the company. Marketers must decide whether and how the technology c...

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Autor: Kemm, Felicitas Marie
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional do FGV (FGV Repositório Digital)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/18294
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10438/18294
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Augmented Reality
Technology
Marketing tools
Realidade aumentada
Tecnologia
Marketing
Ferramenta de Marketing
Administração de empresas
Marketing - Inovações tecnológicas
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Sumario:The present study aims to gain a better understanding of the reasons influencing the use of AR applied in marketing. Besides its promising success in the literature, there is still a risk that Augmented Reality does not add value to the company. Marketers must decide whether and how the technology can be applied in favor of the company. A case study research with three companies using or used Augmented Reality in their business was applied. The data were collected via semi-structured interviews with marketing experts’ from each company. Based on the findings of the interviews, the reasons why companies applied Augmented Reality are: the belief that there is a need for it, a better communication with their customers, the need to appear innovative, and a decrease in the return- and increase in the conversion rate. In fact, this research revealed that after the implementation of Augmented Reality two out of three companies had a better market performance in terms of an increase in the demand, or a better conversion rate, more time spent on the product page with the Augmented Reality tool, and a decrease in their return rate. However, one case also demonstrated that even though an increasing market performance, Augmented Reality can still fail due to reasons such as technical issues.