Mobile Augmented Reality: Forecasts, Applications & Opportunity Appraisal 2009-2014

Juniper Research Limited
November 1, 2009
85 Pages - SKU: JUN2516970
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This report provides the most detailed analysis of the market opportunities for augmented reality on the mobile to date. The report is broken down into three chapters of market analysis and three chapters of forecasts. The analytical chapters consider the initial service deployments, market opportunities and barriers to adoption; the forecasting chapters respectively look at point of sale revenues (split by usage, number of downloads per annum, cost per download, proportion of apps paid for, and total download revenues) incremental revenues (including subscriptions, licences upsold content) and advertising revenues.

Each forecasting chapter is split by the following augmented reality categories: location based search; mobile games; multimedia & entertainment; lifestyle & healthcare; education & reference; social networking; and, enterprise.

The report analyses a number of key application deployments identifying opportunities within each of the categories. It investigates a variety of business models looking at how licencing and subscription revenues are likely to develop over the forecast period.

Key questions the report answers:
    1. How much will mobile augmented reality applications be worth by 2014?
    2. Will vendors seek to offer on-device AR-enabled apps and browsers?
    3. Which categories of AR app are likely to be most successful?
    4. What strategies should brands employ as they seek to engage with mobile AR?
    5. Which business models should operators and app publishers deploy to monetise AR apps?
    6. What has the consumer response been thus far to AR apps?
    7. What hurdles are likely to constrain the deployment and adoption of AR apps?