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Abstract
Augmented reality (AR) technology has the potential to transform how individuals interact with real-world environments, offering individuals the unique capability to induce virtual changes in a place. In two studies (Ntotal = 2305), we investigated the relationship between place attachment and willingness to use different types of AR applications: informative (focused on providing information about the place's past and future) and transformative (altering the appearance of a place or the way it is used). We used different measures of place attachment, distinguished by the personal significance attributed to the place. We found that traditional place attachment and place dependence were negatively correlated with willingness to use informative AR applications; the opposite relationship was observed for active place attachment and place identity. Transformative AR applications were more accepted by individuals with high active place attachment; however, we did not observe the expected negative relationship between traditional place attachment and this type of AR. Our study is the first to show how various forms of attachment shape willingness to implement virtual alterations in real locations, offering a preliminary understanding of whether these changes are perceived as positive or negative.
增强现实(AR)技术有可能改变个人与现实世界环境的互动方式,为个人提供在一个地方引起虚拟变化的独特能力。在两项研究(N = 2305)中,我们调查了场所依恋与使用不同类型 AR 应用程序的意愿之间的关系:信息型(侧重于提供有关场所过去和未来的信息)和变革型(改变场所外观或使用方式)。我们采用了不同的场所依恋度量方法,根据对场所的个人意义进行区分。我们发现,传统的场所依恋和场所依赖与使用信息型 AR 应用程序的意愿呈负相关;而积极的场所依恋和场所认同则与此相反。变革型 AR 应用程序更容易被积极地方依恋程度高的个人所接受;然而,我们并没有观察到传统地方依恋与这类 AR 之间预期的负相关关系。我们的研究首次展示了各种形式的依恋如何影响人们在真实地点实施虚拟改变的意愿,并提供了对这些改变被视为积极还是消极的初步理解。
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The Journal of Environmental Psychology is the premier journal in the field, serving individuals in a wide range of disciplines who have an interest in the scientific study of the transactions and interrelationships between people and their surroundings (including built, social, natural and virtual environments, the use and abuse of nature and natural resources, and sustainability-related behavior). The journal publishes internationally contributed empirical studies and reviews of research on these topics that advance new insights. As an important forum for the field, the journal publishes some of the most influential papers in the discipline that reflect the scientific development of environmental psychology. Contributions on theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of all human-environment interactions are welcome, along with innovative or interdisciplinary approaches that have a psychological emphasis. Research areas include: •Psychological and behavioral aspects of people and nature •Cognitive mapping, spatial cognition and wayfinding •Ecological consequences of human actions •Theories of place, place attachment, and place identity •Environmental risks and hazards: perception, behavior, and management •Perception and evaluation of buildings and natural landscapes •Effects of physical and natural settings on human cognition and health •Theories of proenvironmental behavior, norms, attitudes, and personality •Psychology of sustainability and climate change •Psychological aspects of resource management and crises •Social use of space: crowding, privacy, territoriality, personal space •Design of, and experiences related to, the physical aspects of workplaces, schools, residences, public buildings and public space