Category: Consumer Electronics
Consumer Electronics market research reports by IDC
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The Top 5 Things to Know About Advertising in the Metaverse
The Top 5 Things to Know About Advertising in the Metaverse This IDC Perspective explores how advertising might look like in Meta Platforms' proposed metaverse, what its commercial volume could be, what gating factors might affect consumer adoption, and how advertisers could go about gathering exper ... Read More
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Worldwide Cloud-Streamed Gaming Forecast, 2022-2026: Mobile Gathers Momentum
Worldwide Cloud-Streamed Gaming Forecast, 2022-2026: Mobile Gathers Momentum This IDC study examines the cloud-streamed gaming market from 2019 through 2026. It considers monthly users, hours of use, and revenue globally and in four geographic regions: North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific (in ... Read More
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The Future of Experiences in the Metaverse
The Future of Experiences in the Metaverse This IDC Perspective discusses how the advent of Web3 technologies and other metaverse components will have an impact on the future of customer experiences. It highlights the key factors that make it relevant to consider these technologies now, which of the ... Read More
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Worldwide Enterprise Community Software Applications Market Shares, 2021: The First-Party Data and Metaverse Gateway
Worldwide Enterprise Community Software Applications Market Shares, 2021: The First-Party Data and Metaverse Gateway This IDC study examines the vendor revenue performance in the enterprise community software applications market for 2021.Enterprise community software applications are a fast-growing ... Read More
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Worldwide Digital PC and Mac Gaming Forecast, 2022–2026: Subscriptions and CSG Make Headway
Worldwide Digital PC and Mac Gaming Forecast, 2022–2026: Subscriptions and CSG Make Headway This IDC study forecasts digital PC gaming through 2026 in four regions: North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific (including Japan), and a combined the rest of the world region. The digital PC gaming marke ... Read More
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Blockchain, NFTs, Crypto, and Gaming: Much Ado About Something TBD
Blockchain, NFTs, Crypto, and Gaming: Much Ado About Something TBD This IDC Market Perspective has three main parts: a primer on consumer-facing blockchain, NFTs, and crypto for those who may be unfamiliar with this technology; five gaming-specific use cases that were featured or touched on at GDC 2 ... Read More
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U.S. First Responder Wireless Services Forecast, 2022–2026
U.S. First Responder Wireless Services Forecast, 2022–2026 This IDC study analyzes the outlook for the public safety segment of the U.S. mobile services market for the 2022–2026 period. The forecast focuses on connections to public safety–specific wireless plans including both voice and data connect ... Read More
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Worldwide Smart Home Device Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 3Q22
Worldwide Smart Home Device Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 3Q22 This IDC study updates the five-year forecast for the worldwide smart home device market published in January 2022.At a worldwide level, the total value of smart home device shipments will grow from $289.8 billion in 2021 to $306.3 bill ... Read More
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eSports Market Update: The Emerging Influencer Marketer Connection
eSports Market Update: The Emerging Influencer Marketer Connection This IDC Market Perspective reviews recent news and trends relating to the two core elements of the esports market: pro tournaments and leagues and pro teams and companies. It also examines three esports-adjacent market segments: le ... Read More
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The E3 That Wasn't, 2022: New Games Incoming as the Industry Braces for Potential Recession
The E3 That Wasn't, 2022: New Games Incoming as the Industry Braces for Potential Recession This IDC Market Note reviews new PC, console, and VR game release news that was broken in June and assesses its likely impact, as well as inflationary and recessionary concerns, through 2023. "The 4Q22 exclus ... Read More
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Siemens and NVIDIA Partnership to Develop and Scale the Industrial Metaverse
Siemens and NVIDIA Partnership to Develop and Scale the Industrial Metaverse This IDC Market Note examines the key elements and implications of the partnership between Siemens and NVIDIA that aims to enable the industrial metaverse and increase the use of AI-driven digital twin technology across the ... Read More
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European Human Augmentation Forecast, 2021-2026: How AR/VR, Biometrics, Wearables, and Other Augmentation Techs Will Elevate Human Skills and Transform Businesses
European Human Augmentation Forecast, 2021-2026: How AR/VR, Biometrics, Wearables, and Other Augmentation Techs Will Elevate Human Skills and Transform Businesses This IDC Market Forecast analyzes the human augmentation market in Europe and provides a spending forecast between 2021 and 2026. Accordi ... Read More
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U.S. Wearable Computing Device Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 3Q22
U.S. Wearable Computing Device Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 3Q22 This IDC study presents the U.S. wearable computing device forecast update for the 2022–2026 period."The past two years have propelled the U.S. wearables market to unprecedented levels, thanks to strong demand for earwear — by far th ... Read More
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Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 3Q22
Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 3Q22 This IDC study provides an updated forecast for the worldwide augmented and virtual reality hardware market for the 2022–2026 period."The worldwide AR/VR market is heading for slow and certain growth in the years ah ... Read More
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The Metaverse Tech Ecosystem: How and When Human Augmentation Technologies will Support the Metaverse
The Metaverse Tech Ecosystem: How and When Human Augmentation Technologies will Support the Metaverse This IDC Perspective discusses the role of human augmentation techs (including AR/VR, affective computing, smart peripherals, and brain-computer interfaces) as part of the metaverse technology ecosy ... Read More
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Worldwide Wearable Computing Device Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 3Q22
Worldwide Wearable Computing Device Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 3Q22 This IDC study presents the worldwide wearable computing device forecast for the 2022–2026 period."As the worldwide wearables market reaches maturity, we expect growth to continue albeit at a slower rate," says Ramon T. Llamas, ... Read More
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Metaverse Implications for Financial Services
Metaverse Implications for Financial Services This IDC Perspective introduces the metaverse and provides insights into its development, major players working toward the creation of the metaverse, and its implications for the financial services industry."Although the metaverse may still be a somewhat ... Read More
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U.S. Smartwatch and Fitness Tracker Ownership, 2022
U.S. Smartwatch and Fitness Tracker Ownership, 2022 This IDC Survey looks at smartwatch and fitness tracker ownership in the United States. We polled 1,411 current smartwatch and fitness tracker owners on what brand of device they own, whether it was the same brand as their smartphone, and how impor ... Read More
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China Gaming Market Forecast, 2021–2026
China Gaming Market Forecast, 2021–2026 As consumers have adjusted to the pandemic lifestyle, the demand for gaming has also become normalized in 2021. Mobile and PC gaming remain as the dominant segments in the China market, whereas both console and cloud-streamed gaming are gaining momentum in the ... Read More
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Upskilling/Reskilling in the Metaverse — A Distant Reality?
Upskilling/Reskilling in the Metaverse — A Distant Reality? This IDC Market Note explores the current development and prospects on the use of the metaverse as a tool for learning and development (L&D) for IT skills. Although current hype around Web 3.0 and the metaverse cannot be overlooked and ... Read More
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Consumers: Extending Smartphones to a Smart Wearable Set
Consumers: Extending Smartphones to a Smart Wearable Set This IDC Market Note presents an analysis of extending smartphones to a smart wearable set to assist customers. "Smart earbuds and watches extend the smartphone user interface across the body and into real life, creating a smart set of wearabl ... Read More
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Worldwide Smart Home Device Market Shares, 2021: Amazon, Samsung, and Xiaomi Take Top Spots
Worldwide Smart Home Device Market Shares, 2021: Amazon, Samsung, and Xiaomi Take Top Spots This IDC study discusses worldwide smart home device market shares for 2021."The COVID-19 pandemic served as a net boon to the worldwide smart home market in 2020 and 2021 as consumers shifted their spending ... Read More
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Worldwide Home Video Game Console Forecast, 2022–2026
Worldwide Home Video Game Console Forecast, 2022–2026 This IDC study estimates home video game console hardware, software, and related service use and spending through 2026. 7th-, 8th-, 9th-, and 10th-gen consoles are considered in grouped categories. Packaged game discs/cards are broken out from di ... Read More
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Worldwide CDN Provider Market Shares, 2021: Competition Remains Fierce and Drives Transformation
Worldwide CDN Provider Market Shares, 2021: Competition Remains Fierce and Drives Transformation This IDC Market Share report provides the 2021 shares of the worldwide commercial CDN vendors worldwide. The document covers market shares of key CDN providers and an "others" category. It includes infor ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Meetings in Virtual Reality
IDC PlanScape: Meetings in Virtual Reality This IDC PlanScape provides insights into meetings in virtual reality."Meetings in virtual reality is a stepping-stone toward the future of work in the metaverse," says Ramon T. Llamas, research director with IDC's Augmented and Virtual Reality team. "These ... Read More