Trust and trustworthiness while exchanging virtual items in shared augmented reality.
| dc.contributor.author | Ritter, Marko | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-01T00:52:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-01T00:52:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | If the Metaverse is the visionary space that is poised to greatly expand human activity, building of interpersonal trust within the Metaverse must be possible. Trust has been described as a "lubricative" for business, innovation, resilience, and even general enjoyment. In its most basic dyadic form, peer-to-peer trading of virtual items with the means of shared augmented reality should be possible in a trustworthy manner. Here, we investigate how specific design choices to facilitate such a trade impact trust. A user study with 36 participants showed that the entailment of a mutual confirmation of an item exchange improves both trust towards the software system, as well as interpersonal trust. We further found that perceived closeness towards the trade peer remains a much greater influence on trust than any other effect. We also found strong correlations between user experience and trust. In summary, our research shows that shared augmented reality can provide a great environment for trade and bartering among physically co-located peers, because potentially defrauding behaviours can be impeded by explicitly displaying item ownership and safeguarding the transfer of ownership. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10092/106989 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.26021/15296 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | All Right Reserved | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses | |
| dc.title | Trust and trustworthiness while exchanging virtual items in shared augmented reality. | |
| dc.type | Theses / Dissertations | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Human Interface Technology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Canterbury | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Human Interface Technology | |
| uc.college | Faculty of Engineering |