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Cloud Strategies for Augmented Reality

In this study, ABI Research first identifies four key drivers that will define the Augmented Reality (AR) market in the coming years. In order of immediacy, they are: the mixing of cloud computing and AR; the move toward more marker-less, vision-based AR; the Internet of Everything and the so-called sensor fusion; and advances in smart eyewear products. 

In particular, the role of cloud computing is becoming more crucial, as well as immediate, than what has been concluded in earlier research. Therefore, the study has a section with a dedicated look at how the cloud is affecting the market's growth trajectory. Discussed are also two related issues that are deemed to be of very high relevance in the longer term: data visualization and information overload. 

The included Market Data contains forecasts on the accumulated developer investment, the volume of downloads, as well as the total number of annual application releases. Additionally, there are also specific forecasts for the applications that rely on cloud-based image libraries, and the volume of images stored in such cloud libraries.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Augmented Reality's Four Key Drivers Revisited
    • 2.1. AR in the Cloud
    • 2.2. From Geo to Vision, from Markers to Marker-less
    • 2.3. Internet of Everything Will Drive AR and Vice Versa
    • 2.4. Heads-up Displays and Zero-click Interface
  • 3. Market Size and Growth Outlook for AR Applications
    • 3.1. Retail & Marketing
    • 3.2. Product Enhancement
    • 3.3. Standalone Applications
    • 3.4. Forecast for AR Application Releases
    • 3.5. Forecast for AR Application Downloads
    • 3.6. Forecast for Developer Investment in AR
  • 4. Cloud Computing Will Take AR to Its Next Level
    • 4.1. Forecast for Cloud-based AR Applications
    • 4.2. Forecast for Cloud-stored AR Images
    • 4.3. Augmented Reality in Data Visualization
    • 4.4. Information Overload
    • 4.5. Conclusion: 2.5.10 Forecast for Augmented Reality

Tables

  1. Releases of Augmented Reality Applications by Segment, World Market: 2012 to 2018
  2. Downloads of Augmented Reality Applications by Segment, World Market: 2012 to 2018
  3. Developer Investment in Augmented Reality Applications, World Market: 2012 to 2018
  4. Augmented Reality Applications Utilizing Cloud-Based Libraries, World Market: 2012 to 2018
  5. Images Stored in Augmented Reality Clouds, World Market: 2012 to 2018

Charts

  1. Releases of Augmented Reality Applications by Segment, World Market: 2012 to 2018
  2. Downloads of Augmented Reality Applications by Segment, World Market: 2012 to 2018
  3. Developer Investment in Augmented Reality Applications, World Market: 2012 to 2018
  4. Augmented Reality Applications Utilizing Cloud-Based Libraries, World Market: 2012 to 2018
  5. Images Stored in Augmented Reality Clouds, World Market: 2012 to 2018
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Research Information

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Publish Date
2Q 2013
Code
AN-1477
Research Type
Technology Analysis Report
Pages
17