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Effect of Experience of Fashion Brand Metaverse Virtual Reality Store on Perceived Avatar Identification, Perceived Fun, and Consumer-Brand Self-Congruity

패션브랜드 메타버스 가상현실매장 체험이 지각된 아바타 동일시성, 지각된 즐거움, 소비자-브랜드 자아 일치성에 미치는 영향

  • 이은정 (국민대학교 의상디자인학과) ;
  • 전지혜 (국민대학교 디자인대학원 패션전공)
  • Received : 2022.05.31
  • Accepted : 2022.07.02
  • Published : 2022.07.31
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Abstract

This study empirically studied the effect of the characteristics of consumer experience in a virtual store in the metaverse of a fashion brand on consumers' perceived utility and self-congruence for the medium. As a result of the analysis, all three factors (reality, ubiquity, anonymity) of the fashion brand metaverse virtual reality store experience had a significant positive effect on the perceived avatar consistency. On the other hand, realism and ubiquity had a significant positive effect on perceived fun, but the effect of anonymity on perceived fun was not significant. On the other hand, perceived avatar identity was found to have a significant positive effect on perceived consumer-brand self-congruence. Finally, it was found that the perceived fun in the metaverse fashion brand virtual reality store had a statistically significant positive effect on perceived consumer-brand self-congruence.

본 연구는 패션 브랜드의 메타버스 속 가상 매장에서의 소비자 경험의 특성이 해당 매체에 대한 소비자들의 지각된 효용 및 자아 일치성 정도에 미치는 영향에 대해 실증 연구했다. 분석 결과, 패션 브랜드 메타버스 가상현실 매장 체험특성의 세 요인(사실성, 편재성, 익명성)은 모두 지각된 아바타 일치성에 유의한 정적 영향을 미쳤다. 한편 사실성과 편재성은 지각된 재미에 유의한 정적 영향을 미쳤으나, 익명성이 지각된 재미에 미치는 영향은 유의하지 않았다. 한편 지각된 아바타 동일시성은 지각된 소비자-브랜드 자아 일치성에 유의한 정의 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 메타버스 패션브랜드 가상현실 매장에서 지각된 재미는 통계적으로 지각된 소비자-브랜드 자아 일치성에 유의한 정의 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다.

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Acknowledgement

This research is in part supported by National Research Fund of Korea (2015 R1A5A7037615).

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