Consumer Consciousness in Multisensory Extended Reality

Olivia Petit1, Carlos Velasco2, Qian Janice Wang3

  • 1Kedge Business School, Department of Marketing, Marketing and New Consumption Centre of Excellence, Marseille, France.

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