Ramon T. Llamas
Research Director, Mobile Devices and AR/VR
On September 28, Amazon announced a deluge of new smart home ,wearables devices, and services that significantly enhance the company's footprint across the connected consumer ecosystem. Taken together, these announcements hold the potential...
On September 9, Facebook announced Ray-Ban Stories, a set of smart glasses highlighting audio playback and video/digital image capture. Because it has no screen, we consider this a wearable and not an augmented reality (AR) device. What sta...
On Wednesday, August 25, Fitbit introduced the Charge 5 fitness tracker. Sporting a thinner design and a larger color display and packed with health and fitness features from across its suite of applications and programs, Fitbit's latest en...
This IDC study looks at the emerging soft skills virtual reality (VR) training market. This includes what soft skills VR training is, how it is being used, what benefits learners and companies derive from it, and the profiles of companies t...
This IDC Survey looks at hearables intenders — consumers who intend to purchase a smart earwear device within the next 12 months. This includes current owners, past owners, and those who have not owned a hearable device yet. This year, we p...
This IDC Survey Spotlight looks at the replacement rate for smartwatches in the United States. To do this, IDC polled 682 smartwatch owners in 2020 and 706 smartwatch owners in 2021 on when they purchased their smartwatches and when they pl...
AR/VR Hardware Forecast Update
Future of Wearables and Wellness
IDC Link: Wearables at CES 2021 CY21 Q2
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IDC Predictions, Internet of Things (IoT), IT Executive Programs Analyst Team, Mobility