Abstract
Smart home technologies are becoming increasingly popular by providing a quality lifestyle to its residents. Due to communication between various sensors and devices, the smart home allows complete connectivity and control wherever the household members are. It provides its residents a simplification of daily responsibilities and household chores by adapting it to specific needs. The smart home also provides great economic savings by reducing utility bills. However, the high price of the devices themselves continues to deter their future users, especially in Croatia. The main goal of this paper was to examine the smart home technologies users about their familiarity with smart home solutions and to identify the acceptance factors, especially trust and security factors. The results of the research conducted in this paper can serve as supporting information about smart home solutions acceptance.
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Etinger, D., Jeger, L., Babić, S. (2021). The Acceptance Factors of Smart Home Technologies: The Case of Croatian Households. In: Ahram, T.Z., Falcão, C.S. (eds) Advances in Usability, User Experience, Wearable and Assistive Technology. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 275. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80091-8_60
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