Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Influential Factors on Technology Acceptance of Augmented Reality(AR)

증강현실(Augmented Reality: AR) 기술수용에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Received : 2019.02.06
  • Accepted : 2019.06.13
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

Augmented Reality(AR) has been one of the important technologies of the 4th industrial revolution. Consumer acceptance of new technologies is substantial issue for market expansion, but there have been few empirical studies on factors that affect the acceptance or use intention of AR. In this study, we have explored and analyzed the factors influencing technology acceptance based on the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology(UTAUT2) model in the AR business and have discussed it with comparison with existing research based on this analysis. The results of this study suggest that the main variables of the existing UTAUT1 model had significant positive effect on the intention to use, such as performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions and hedonic motivation, habits of UTAUT2. In addition, perceived risk introduced in this study had a negative effect on intention to use. Furthermore, the impact between these two factors have been effort expectancy(${\beta}=.294$)>habits(${\beta}=.268$)>hedonic motivation(${\beta}=.266$)>performance expectancy,(${\beta}=.263$)>facilitating conditions(${\beta}=.233$)>perceived risk(${\beta}=-.094$). The impact of social influence did not have a significant effect on intention to use. The intention to use was analyzed to have a significant positive effect on the actual use and recommendation intention. On the other hand, the hypothesis that the age and gender has played a moderating role between independent variables and the intention of use were investigated. Age was found out to play a role as a moderator between social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, habits and intention to use. In the same way, gender has been shown to play a moderating role between facilitating conditions, perceived risk and intention to use. Academic and practical implications are suggested based on the results of this study.

증강현실(AR)은 4차 산업혁명 시대의 핵심 서비스 기술 중의 하나이다. 시장 확산을 위해선 새로운 기술에 대한 소비자의 수용성 문제(public acceptance)는 대단히 중요한 이슈이다. 그럼에도 불구하고 일반 소비자들의 AR기술에 대한 수용 내지 사용 의도나 사용 행동에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대한 실증적인 연구는 아직까지 많지 않다. 본 연구에서는 AR산업에 있어서 확장된 통합기술수용 모델(UTAUT2)을 기반으로 기술 수용에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대해 분석하고 이를 바탕으로 기존의 연구와 비교를 통해 논의를 하였다. 연구 결과 기존의 UTAUT1 모형의 주요 요인인 성과기대, 노력기대, 촉진조건 및 UTAUT2의 쾌락적 동기, 습관이 사용 의도에 유의미한 정(+)의 영향을 미쳤다. 또한 본 연구에서 새롭게 투입한 인지된 위험(perceived risk)은 사용의도에 부(-)의 영향을 미쳤다. 이들의 영향 관계는 노력기대(${\beta}=.294$)>습관(${\beta}=.268$)>쾌락적 동기(${\beta}=.266$)>성과기대(${\beta}=.263$)>촉진조건(${\beta}=.233$)>인지된 위험(${\beta}=-.094$)순으로 나타났다. UTAUT1의 사회적 영향은 사용의도에 유의미한 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 분석되었다. 사용 의도는 실제 사용과 추천의향에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 주는 것으로 분석되었다. 한편, 연령은 독립변수와 사용 의도간 조절 역할을 할것이라는 가설 검정결과 사회적 영향, 촉진조건, 쾌락적 동기, 습관과 사용 의도 간 조절역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 동일한 방법으로 성별의 조절효과를 검정한 결과 성별은 촉진조건, 인지된 위험과 사용 의도 간 조절역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 확장된 UTAUT2모델을 AR기술 수용에 처음으로 적용하여 검정했다는 점에서 학술적인 의의가 있다. 실무적으로는 쾌락적 동기와 습관이 AR기술 수용에 큰 영향을 미치는 요인임이 밝혀짐에 따라 이 부분에 대한 차별화 전략을 통해 경쟁우위를 확보해 나가는 것도 효과적인 전략이 될 수 있을 것이다.

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