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Augmented Reality Will Outgrow VR

by Tom Allen

Nintendo’s proposed ‘Pokémon Go’ game is a perfect example of mobile AR. ABI Research has forecast that augmented reality will prove to be a larger market than virtual reality in time. The firm projects …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Top Ten Tech Predictions for 2016

by Isaac Oburu

As 2015 draws to a close Juniper Research has drawn up a list of predictions for the coming year, all neatly wrapped up as the top trends for the technologies industries for 2016. A …

Tags:Market Data| Virtual Reality

Juniper: 2016 Will be ‘Watershed Year’ for VR

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research has identified the top technology trends for 2016. VR headsets will have a ‘watershed’ year next year, in terms of both product launches and consumer rollouts. Several big firms, including Sony, Oculus …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Wearables

JPR: GPU Rise Marks Returning Confidence

by Tom Allen

GPU shipments rose 9% from the last quarter in Q3’15, says Jon Peddie Research, although sales fell 19% compared to last year. Desktop shipments were down 13%, and notebooks down 22%. Despite the annual …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Intel| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Roku Leads Streaming Media Players

by Tom Allen

More data on streaming devices has been released by Parks Associates, in addition to the prediction that the company made last month (Parks: Streaming Devices Will Rise 186%). ‘An increasing number’ of US broadband …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Smart Toy Revenues Driven by ‘Connected Toys’

by Tom Allen

Skylanders toys are imported to a game through an NFC code.‘Smart toys’ will generate revenues of $2.8 billion this year, says Juniper Research – driven by those that connect to mobile apps and game …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Toys| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Tablet Adoption Slowing, but Hybrids are ‘Opportunity’

by Tom Allen

A survey by Gartner has found that 17% of consumers in mature markets intend to buy a tablet in the next 12 months. 19,000 consumers were surveyed in early summer, across the UK, USA, …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 45| Worldwide

Q3 ‘Cord Cutting’ Decline Anticipated by TDG Research

by Isaac Oburu

According to research conducted by TDG in the first half of 2015, the percentage of adult broadband users moderately to highly likely to cancel their pay-TV service declined 20% between early 2014 and 2015. …

Tags:Market Data| Pay TV