Category: Consumer Electronics
Consumer Electronics market research reports by IDC
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future Consumer 2025 Predictions
IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future Consumer 2025 Predictions This IDC study contains IDC's top 10 future consumer predictions for 2025–2030. "The consumer market remains vibrant as established digital services, such as video and social media, continue to reshape the landscape and emerging and evolvi ... Read More
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Worldwide Augmented, Extended, Mixed, and Virtual Reality Headset Forecast Update, 2024–2028: 4Q24
Worldwide Augmented, Extended, Mixed, and Virtual Reality Headset Forecast Update, 2024–2028: 4Q24 This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the worldwide augmented, extended, mixed, and virtual reality headset market."The worldwide AR/VR market continues to struggle in 2024 in the face of sl ... Read More
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U.S. Advanced Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2024–2028: CY 4Q24
U.S. Advanced Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2024–2028: CY 4Q24 This IDC study presents the updated five-year forecast for advanced smartwatch shipments in the United States."The U.S. advanced smartwatch market will grow just slightly in 2024 over 2023 levels as macroeconomic recovery continues," point ... Read More
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Worldwide Advanced Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2024–2028: 4Q24
Worldwide Advanced Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2024–2028: 4Q24 This IDC study presents an updated five-year forecast for the worldwide advanced smartwatch market."The worldwide smartwatch market will rebound in 2024," says Ramon T. Llamas, research director for IDC's Wearables program. "The appetit ... Read More
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AWE USA 2024: All Spatial, Metaverse, Web3, dAGI, AI, and AR Fusion Were Among the Highlights of the Event
AWE USA 2024: All Spatial, Metaverse, Web3, dAGI, AI, and AR Fusion Were Among the Highlights of the Event This IDC Market Perspective discusses the Augmented World Expo (AWE USA 2024) that highlighted the latest advancements in XR technologies, emphasizing their practical benefits across various i ... Read More
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Worldwide IDC Global DataSphere IoT Device Installed Base and Data Generated Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide IDC Global DataSphere IoT Device Installed Base and Data Generated Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study forecasts the installed base of the number of connected IoT "things" and the data generated yearly by these things. This forecast study also categorizes the devices and the data across sev ... Read More
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Worldwide Cloud-Streamed Gaming Forecast, 2024–2028: Western and Eastern Growth Strategies Diverge
Worldwide Cloud-Streamed Gaming Forecast, 2024–2028: Western and Eastern Growth Strategies Diverge This IDC study examines the cloud-streamed gaming market from 2024 to 2028. It considers users (MAUs), hours of use (in billions), and revenue ($M) worldwide in four geographic regions: North America, ... Read More
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Worldwide Digital PC and Mac Gaming Forecast, 2024–2028: Paid Game and DLC Revenue Set for Record Highs
Worldwide Digital PC and Mac Gaming Forecast, 2024–2028: Paid Game and DLC Revenue Set for Record Highs This IDC study forecasts digital PC gaming through 2028 worldwide and in four geographic regions: North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific (including Japan), and a combined rest of world (ROW). ... Read More
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Customer Engineering Services Case Study: Augmented Reality for Distributed Field Service Workers
Customer Engineering Services Case Study: Augmented Reality for Distributed Field Service Workers This IDC Perspective examines how CES leadership determined and executed a set of foundational requirements in the selection, deployment, and application of an augmented reality (AR) training and remote ... Read More
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U.S. Augmented Reality Headset Market Shares, 2023: XREAL Swells to 76.6% of the Market
U.S. Augmented Reality Headset Market Shares, 2023: XREAL Swells to 76.6% of the Market This IDC study provides a view of U.S. augmented reality headset market shares by vendor for 2023. "The U.S. AR market witnessed further consolidation at the top while smaller vendors mostly relied on older model ... Read More
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Worldwide Augmented, Extended, Mixed, and Virtual Reality Headset Forecast Update, 2024–2028: CY 3Q24
Worldwide Augmented, Extended, Mixed, and Virtual Reality Headset Forecast Update, 2024–2028: CY 3Q24 This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the worldwide augmented, extended, mixed, and virtual reality headset market."IDC's new taxonomy provides greater specificity and clarity when analyz ... Read More
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Worldwide Wearable Computing Device Forecast Update, 2024–2028: CY 3Q24
Worldwide Wearable Computing Device Forecast Update, 2024–2028: CY 3Q24 This IDC study presents a forecast for the worldwide wearable computing device market for 2024–2028."The worldwide wearables market is on track for slow but steady growth in the years ahead as it slowly reaches maturity," says ... Read More
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Worldwide CDN Provider Market Shares, 2023: Vendors Strengthen Their Differentiation Play at the Edge
Worldwide CDN Provider Market Shares, 2023: Vendors Strengthen Their Differentiation Play at the Edge This IDC Market Share report provides the 2023 shares of worldwide commercial CDN vendors. The document covers the market shares of key CDN providers and an "others" category. It includes informatio ... Read More
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Evaluating the Costs and ROI of Edge Computing
Evaluating the Costs and ROI of Edge Computing This IDC Perspective outlines the various methods for provisioning IT service at the edge and presents strategies to understand the business value of edge investments. More and more companies are embracing edge computing, citing benefits that include fa ... Read More
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eSports Market Update: Co-Streaming to the Rescue
eSports Market Update: Co-Streaming to the Rescue This IDC Market Note assesses the impact that co-streaming, which is also known as community casting, has had on popular esports tournaments in the past year. It also considers what this trend portends for core esports market suppliers in 2024."Co-st ... Read More
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Worldwide Home Video Game Console Forecast, 2024–2028: Game Spending per Console Trends Lower
Worldwide Home Video Game Console Forecast, 2024–2028: Game Spending per Console Trends Lower This IDC study forecasts home video game console hardware, software, and service use and spending through 2028. Eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-generation consoles are considered in grouped categories. Packaged ... Read More
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U.S. Smartwatch Market Shares, 2023: Apple Dominates in a Down Year
U.S. Smartwatch Market Shares, 2023: Apple Dominates in a Down Year This IDC study examines the market shares of the major vendors in the U.S. smartwatch market in 2023."The macroeconomic and inflationary difficulties dampened multiple markets in the United States, including the smartwatch market," ... Read More
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Worldwide Video Surveillance Camera Market Shares, 2023: Market Continues to Grow as the Competitive Space Sorts Itself Out
Worldwide Video Surveillance Camera Market Shares, 2023: Market Continues to Grow as the Competitive Space Sorts Itself Out This IDC study discusses the dynamics driving the video surveillance camera market as well as the overall share of market for the major videocamera vendors. As noted by Mike Ju ... Read More
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U.S. Wearables Installed Base Forecast, 2024–2028
U.S. Wearables Installed Base Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study provides a forecast for the U.S. wearables installed base for the 2024–2028 period."The U.S. wearables market is one of the most mature in the world, yet the decline in volumes in 2022 and 2023 compared with pandemic levels will lead t ... Read More
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Worldwide Wearables Installed Base Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Wearables Installed Base Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study discusses a five-year forecast for the worldwide wearables installed base. "The worldwide installed base of wearable devices continues to swell with a steady stream of device releases and upgrades combined with consumer tendency t ... Read More
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Worldwide Home Video Game Console Market Shares, 2023: PlayStation 5 Outperformed
Worldwide Home Video Game Console Market Shares, 2023: PlayStation 5 Outperformed This IDC study offers an overview of the competitive dynamics in the home video game console market through 2023 from a hardware bundle, packaged game, and digital game and subscription service spending standpoint. It ... Read More
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U.S. Smart Earwear Market Shares, 2023: Apple Still in Control
U.S. Smart Earwear Market Shares, 2023: Apple Still in Control This IDC study discusses the U.S. smart earwear market shares for 2023."Smart earwear continues to be the engine of the wearables market in the United States, and where smart earwear goes, so does the market," says Ramon T. Llamas, resea ... Read More
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Worldwide Hearables Market Shares, 2023: Apple's Market Share Dips Below 30%
Worldwide Hearables Market Shares, 2023: Apple's Market Share Dips Below 30% This IDC study provides a brief overview of the worldwide hearables market in 2023."Hearables remain far and away the most popular wearable devices and the primary drivers of the wearables market. While not as popular as sm ... Read More
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Worldwide Virtual Reality Headset Market Shares, 2023: Sony Erodes Meta's Leadership
Worldwide Virtual Reality Headset Market Shares, 2023: Sony Erodes Meta's Leadership This IDC study provides a brief overview of the worldwide virtual reality headset market in 2023."2023 marked the second consecutive year of decline for the worldwide virtual reality market," says Ramon T. Llamas, r ... Read More
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Worldwide Augmented Reality Headset Market Shares, 2023: XREAL Tops the List for Volume and Value
Worldwide Augmented Reality Headset Market Shares, 2023: XREAL Tops the List for Volume and Value Standalone AR headsets reached 84,800 units shipped in 2023, down 16.1% from the 101,061 units shipped in 2022. Similarly, total value declined 31.0% from $254.1 million in 2022 to arrive at $175.3 mill ... Read More