2021 Smart Glasses Market Review This research report offers a comprehensive survey of smart glasses as a form factor, examining current design trends, key capabilities and functions, and major stakeholders in the emerging smart glasses industry. Release Date: October 2021 2021 Smart Glasses Market Review offers a comprehensive survey of the emerging smart glasses market, examining current design trends, key … Read More
Facebook Turns To Smart Glasses For Platform Expansion with Ray-Ban Stories
Clifton Dawson, Principal Analyst Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Intelligence Service, Devices & Technology, Insight Articles, Smart Displays
On Thursday, September 9th, Facebook announced the launch of Ray-Ban Stories: stylish smart glasses that give users a new way to capture and share photos and video, listen to music, and take phone calls. The smart glasses are the result of a years-long collaboration with Ray-Ban and Luxottica and are primarily designed so wearers can stay present with friends, family … Read More
ByteDance Acquires Pico Headset Maker To Enter Virtual Reality Market
Clifton Dawson, Principal Analyst China xR Intelligence Service, Devices & Technology, Head-Mounted Displays, Insight Articles, Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Intelligence Service
On the heels of its $4 billion acquisition of a major mobile gaming studio, ByteDance acquired Pico Interactive (“Pico”), makers of the Pico headset lineup, to enter the virtual reality market. Pico was the third-largest virtual reality headset maker globally.
Global Immersive Camera Industry Report, 2021
Global Immersive Camera Industry Report, 2021 This report focuses in on the most important developments in hardware and platforms, as well as our industry-leading quantitative insights and forecasting. Release Date: June 2021 View Report The Global Immersive Camera Market Report includes Greenlight Insights acclaimed analysis and forecasting on hardware, software, surveying the ongoing impact of recent trends such as remote/hybrid … Read More
Snap and WaveOptics Enter The Shrinking AR Smartglasses Race
J.C. Kuang, Analyst Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Intelligence Service, Automotive Technology, Devices & Technology, Head-Mounted Displays, Head-Up Displays, Insight Articles, Semiconductors, Venture Capital, Private Equity, and M&A
Following the announcement of its new Spectacles AR development kit, Snap Inc. has announced its deal to acquire waveguide supplier WaveOptics. The deal is worth over $500 million, at least half of which is to be paid in stock. The partnership between the two companies signals a recommitment from Snap to develop and produce true AR smartglasses within the next … Read More
Greenlight Insights Forecasts Growth in Volumetric Video
Greenlight Insights Augmented Reality, Devices & Technology, Imaging & Video, Press Releases, Virtual Reality
San Francisco, CA – May 10, 2021 — Among renewed interest from investors and technology companies, new research from Greenlight Insights highlights compelling long-term market potential for volumetric and depth-enabled video technology. Greenlight Insights’ research shows that the market for volumetric capture, compression, and sharing technology could reach a value in excess of 2.5 billion by 2026, and surpassing 40 … Read More