Virtual Reality Market by Segment (Consumer, Enterprise, Industrial, Government), Equipment (Hardware, Software, Components) Applications and Solutions 2019 – 2024

Virtual Reality Market by Segment (Consumer, Enterprise, Industrial, Government), Equipment (Hardware, Software, Components) Applications and Solutions 2019 – 2024

This research provides an in-depth assessment of the virtual reality market including analysis of VR ecosystem and role of value chain partners, evaluation of recent VR patent filings and intellectual property, and analysis of current price metrics VR devices, apps, and content. The report also provides an assessment of key VR companies and solutions with SWOT analysis, analysis of emerging business models and evolution of VR monetization, analysis of VR component market: devices, software, hardware, platforms. The report also presents key VR growth drivers, market challenges, and emerging opportunities.

Previously encumbered by a combination of technology gaps and consumer readiness issues, virtual reality market is poised for substantive global growth, providing abundant opportunities for service providers, content developers, and ecosystem component providers. However, the high-growth phase for VR is anticipated to start within approximately two years, which is coincident with substantially lower broadband costs as a whole (wired and wireless connections) as well as greater user acceptance within both the consumer and business market segments.

It is important to note that the virtual reality market and other immersive technologies (such as the mixed reality market) will also be important to many industry for a variety of enterprise purposes including internal operations, managing supply chains, and supporting customers. Important industry verticals include commercial real estate management, automotive, public safety, education and training. The leading sector is anticipated to be instruction (education, training, and simulations).

For the consumer virtual reality market, we see entertainment and lifestyle enhancements leading the way with the former including VR enhanced gaming and the latter including a plethora of new apps such as virtual location experiences in which groups of people get together virtually in the cyber-world. Examples include everything from virtual alumni events to watching your favorite football team play in a virtual stadium with ultra-real sights, sounds, and even feelings and smells of game day. The advancement of AI embedded within the VR market will add to realism by introducing random events that happen within a given experience.

For enterprise and industrial virtual reality market segments, Mind Commerce sees simulations and training leading the way. We see everything from situational training (such as Verizon using Striver to train its employees how to better deal with robberies) to more traditional expectations such as VR enhanced simulations for flight and vehicle training. Businesses will also seek to use VR as a means to destress employees by offering them a virtual experience of their everyday work with random events thrown into the mix, both to add interest/amusement as well as to test and train them to see how they might react given a real-world experience such as how to best deal with a senile shoplifter.

In terms of venture investment, 2016 represented an intermediate peak for the virtual reality market with VR funding exceeding $800M. By way of comparison, the other major component of the overall immersive technology market (AR and MR) received about $450M in investment. More recently, the VR market has lagged AR/MR in terms of funding with the former receiving only $280M and the latter receiving over $850M in 2018.

However, the virtual reality market has done quite well over the last few years in terms of cumulative investment. By way of example, Jaunt VR alone receiving over $100M in investment money including from strategic investors such as Disney. However, VR is struggling to achieve market traction let alone critical mass. Mind Commerce sees the virtual reality market gaining ground once 5G is more firmly in place commercially, but not because of wireless VR. Instead, we see a massive build-out of broadband as a whole (due to competition from the 5G market) as one of the fundamental drivers for VR adoption.

This research provides an in-depth assessment of the VR market including the following:

• Analysis of VR ecosystem and role of value chain partners
• Evaluation of recent VR patent filings and intellectual property
• Analysis of current price metrics VR devices, apps, and content
• Assessment of key VR companies and solutions with SWOT analysis
• Analysis of emerging business models and evolution of VR monetization
• Analysis of VR component market: devices, software, hardware, platforms
• Analysis of key VR growth drivers, market challenges, and emerging opportunities

Forecasts in Report:

Shipment forecasts in the report include:

• Virtual Reality Market Globally, Regionally, and by Major Countries 2019 – 2024
• Virtual Reality Consumer, Enterprise, Industrial, and Government Applications 2019 – 2024
• Virtual Reality Hardware, Software, and Services 2019 – 2024
• Virtual Reality Content and Commerce 2019 – 2024

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Select Report Findings:

• Carriers must build-out 5G and edge computing to support consumer VR
• Enterprise virtual reality applications USA market will surpass $5B by 2024
• Cloud-based VR solutions will be dominate compared to premise-based solutions
• Government use of virtual reality in support of USA smart cities will reach $330M by 2024
• Largest VR verticals will be industrial automation, aerospace, construction, education, and healthcare

Report Benefits:

• VR Forecasts 2019 – 2024
• VR Future and Roadmap 2019 – 2024
• Identify the impact of VR in major industries
• Identify market drivers for VR commercialization
• Understand AR and VR convergence and mixed reality
• Recognize the impact of supporting tech such as 5G and MEC on VR

Target Audience:

• Virtual reality companies
• Electronics manufacturers
• Network service providers
• Regulatory and policy groups
• Artificial intelligence providers
• Application and content providers

Companies in Report:

• 3D Systems Simbionix
• Analog Devices Inc.
• Avegant Corp.
• BARCO
• Cyber Glove Systems
• Cypress Semiconductor Corp
• EON Reality Inc.
• Facebook
• FOVE Inc.
• Google Inc.
• HTC Corporation
• Huawei Technologies
• Integrated Device Technology Inc
• Intel Corporation
• Leap Motion Inc.
• LG Corporation
• Magic Leap
• Maxim Integrated
• Microsoft Corporation
• NextVR
• NGRAIN Corporation (mCloud)
• Niantic Inc.
• Nokia
• Nvidia Corporation
• NXP
• Qualcomm Inc.
• Rohm Semiconductor
• Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Semtech Corporation
• Sixense Entertainment Inc.
• SK Telecom
• Sony Corporation
• StreamVR
• Texas Instruments
• Unity Technologies
• VIRTALIS
• Virtual Reality Company (VRC)
• VREAL
• Vuzix Corporation
• Wevr
• WorldViz
• Zeiss VR One
• ZTE Corporation