AR technology bring to the enterprise labor the new functions of the past can not be achieved, remote assistance (remote assistance) would be the most main use situation...

Market Research firm ABI Research forecasts that augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) in the field of enterprise applications will present the explosive growth in the next five years; AR technology bring to the enterprise labor the new functions of the past can not be achieved, remote assistance (remote assistance) is the main use situation.

ABI Research forecasts, AR technology combined with higher security and efficiency, will prompt investors to the project manager to further explore the AR glasses combination of wisdom in the application in the field of health care, industrial, government, etc; Expect these applications AR device shipments can reach 27 million in 2021.

"Google Glass is just the beginning of AR foray into the mass market," ABI Research, a senior analyst Eric Abbruzzese said: "in 2016, the early testing, and a small amount of implementation, will expand to a higher number of investment and deployment, and in 2017 to create a more mature and disruptive market;" He pointed out that with higher processing performance as well as hands-free input scheme AR device such as ODG R7, and Smart Daqri Helmet, is the ideal choice for industrial and medical applications.

Such as display quality, vision, processing performance, battery life, input interface options, as well as factors such as price, bring differentiation for the device on the market at present. Account for the origin of the market, however, experienced manufacturer has points; Such as the ODG and Vuzix has been engaged in AR technology development more than ten years; Vuzix with companies such as Optinvent even leading to reduce the product price, to help expand the market appeal.

Early adopters of AR technology such as Boeing and GE company, lit the other providers of the technology of interest and motivate more manufacturers to join; AR markets continue to see new competitors to join, including Daqri, Meta, ODG and Vuzix, actively want to market share in the enterprise application. And old hardware manufacturers such as Epson and Microsoft is also committed to meet the needs of enterprise applications; By the established infrastructure and equipment manufacturing experience, will be more able to fly for should the market.

"2017 will be an important turning point in the AR," Abbruzzese concluded: "in addition to determine how to grow, the popularity of AR really will require large-scale deployment and support software, the increase of the content; it is a good time to make these happen in the next year, as the device and maturity early adopters to a relatively passive people prove its AR investment effect."