Abstract
The World Health Organization has warned populations about illnesses that can develop due to radiation. Since smartglasses, which are worn on the head right next to the brain, can emit radiation, their usage might be hindered by the Perceived Health Risks people associate with such devices. In this article, we empirically evaluate the topic by studying the influence of Perceived Health Risk on smartglasses usage. After collecting 109 completed online questionnaires about one specific pair of smartglasses, Microsoft HoloLens, and applying a structural equation modeling approach, our findings indicate that smartglasses are at least partly hedonic technologies whose usage is influenced by Perceived Enjoyment. Furthermore, although we could not confirm a direct negative influence of Perceived Health Risk on the Behavioral Intention to Use smartglasses, we confirmed an indirect negative influence of Perceived Health Risk on Behavioral Intention to Use through Perceived Enjoyment. These findings suggest that smartglasses manufacturers need to emphasize the hedonic benefits of their devices as well as address people’s potential negative perceptions of these devices in terms of their health.
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Since at the time of the survey (June 2015), the smartglasses under study, Microsoft HoloLens, were not yet available to the general public, we only included Behavioral Intention to Use, and not Actual System Use, into our research model. Behavioral Intention to Use is a commonly accepted mediator between people’s beliefs and their actual behavior. It “capture[s] the motivational factors that influence a [person’s] behavior; they are indications of how hard people are willing to try, of how much of an effort they are planning to exert, in order to perform the behavior” (Ajzen 1991, p. 181).
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Stock, B., dos Santos Ferreira, T.P., Ernst, CP.H. (2016). Does Perceived Health Risk Influence Smartglasses Usage?. In: Ernst, CP. (eds) The Drivers of Wearable Device Usage. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30376-5_2
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