Crucial Technologies Unveiled to Expand XR Universe - Counterpoint Research

At CES 2023, which was held successful aboriginal January, involvement successful XR was hot, and the fig of innovation awards related to virtual/augmented world surged to 25 successful 2 years. Several startups and manufacturers besides showcased caller XR-related technologies on with their products astatine the show.

Here, we volition absorption connected 2 of the XR-related technologies showcased astatine CES 2023 – a transparent show with XR and hands-free controllers. These technologies are the instauration for XR to grow into assorted areas specified arsenic wellness and education.

1. Transparent show with XR technology

Transparent show categories see HUD (head-up display), HMD (head-mounted display), transparent OLED, and more. HUD is often utilized arsenic a show for vehicles. However, until now, commercialized HUD for vehicles has taken up lone a portion of the beforehand glass. But astatine CES 2023, respective automakers introduced AR HUD with much precocious forms and expanded areas.

Most prominently, BMW unveiled ‘BMW one Vision Dee’ and announced its program to commercialize by 2025 precocious HUDs that usage the full beforehand glass. Also, BMW volition grow its personalization acquisition by allowing the driver’s avatar to beryllium displayed successful the broadside window. This precocious HUD is combined with the MR slider to acceptable a scope of accusation displayed connected the HUD. The scope varies from driving-related accusation to virtual/augmented world information.

BMW one Vision Dee

Source: BMW

However, successful the future, if the transparent OLED introduced by LG Display astatine CES 2023 is commercialized, it could regenerate HUD that transmits images to the windshield. LG Display introduced a conception car equipped with a 55-inch transparent OLED astatine CES 2023. The transparent OLED serves arsenic a window, provides contented specified arsenic advertisements and news, and provides accusation connected places extracurricular the model successful real-time done AR technology. This means that AR exertion tin grow opportunities to supply assorted experiences to each occupants, not conscionable operator assistance features.

LG Concept Car With Transparent OLED

Source: LG Display

2. Hands-free tracker

Among the CES’ innovation awards successful the virtual/augmented world category, controllers were included to item however they let users to person assorted experiences hands-free.

Contact Glove of Japanese institution Diver-X is simply a haptic VR controller successful the signifier of gloves. The mitt is simply a tactile controller compatible with each SteamVR games, allowing VR gamers to bask an in-depth gaming experience. In addition, the instrumentality tin seizure the user’s manus movements and manipulate buttons and sticks with lone digit movements.

Contact Glove by Diver-X

Source: Kickstarter

Another innovation award-winning Surplex, a assemblage tracker successful the signifier of shoes, was announced by the Chinese institution Shenzhen Qianhai Xiangfang Future Technology. The device, with its 480 embedded unit sensors, has the vantage of not being abstraction constrained. Also, it is compatible with each SteamVR-compatible headsets specified arsenic the Oculus Quest 2. Such hands-free controllers are expected to beryllium of large assistance successful expanding the usage cases successful the concern conception arsenic good arsenic the acquisition of wide consumers successful virtual/augmented reality.

Surplex Full-body Tracking Shoes

Source: CES

In 2021, the total XR marketplace size was astir 11 cardinal units and Meta was the main subordinate with astir 75% marketplace share. According to the latest Counterpoint Global XR(VR/AR) Forecast, the XR marketplace is expected to turn to astir 63 cardinal units by 2027. However, Meta is expected to suffer its marketplace stock arsenic caller players specified arsenic Apple volition participate the market. Therefore, contention successful the XR marketplace is expected to intensify, and manufacturers volition perpetually diversify the usage of XR devices to support marketplace share. Accordingly, it is anticipated that caller technologies related to XR volition proceed to determination in.