An adoption framework for mobile augmented reality games: The case of Pokémon Go

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue , 2017, Pages 276-286

  Rauschnabel, Philipp A ^a   Rossmann, Alexander ^b   tom Dieck, M Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b REUTLINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Flow; Gratification; Mobile gaming; Pok mon Go; Risk

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA PRIVACY; DIGITAL STORAGE; RISKS;

ADOPTION FRAMEWORK; FLOW; GRATIFICATION; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY; MOBILE GAMING; TECHNOLOGY RISKS; USES AND GRATIFICATION THEORIES;

AUGMENTED REALITY;

ADOPTION; CONSUMER; DRIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONEY; PRIVACY; SOCIAL NORM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 85025674550     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.030     Document Type: Article

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