Industrial Wearables Market

Tuesday 10 December 2019, Amsterdam

According to the new research report "Industrial Wearables Market by Device Type (AR Glasses, VR Headsets, Smartwatches, Smart Bands), Industry (Automotive, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Power & Energy), Component, and Region - Global Forecast to 2024", The global industrial wearables market size is projected to grow from USD 1.1 billion in 2019 to USD 8.6 billion by 2024; it is expected to record a CAGR of 50.2%. High requirement for effective communication and collaborative working environment, increased interests of enterprises in utilizing AR technology, especially in the production area and VR technology specifically in training domain, and technological advancements and automation in manufacturing plants are major driving factors of the market. The rising trend of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing and growing significance of wearables in warehouse applications provide an opportunity for market growth.


AR glasses to lead industrial wearables market during the forecast period (2019–2024)

AR glasses is expected to hold the largest share of the industrial wearables market. This is mainly because of the growing adoption of these glasses in varieties of industries, including automotive, aerospace, and other manufacturing industries. AR glasses facilitate real-time remote assistance to workers by an expert or a supervisor, thereby boosting productivity, reducing downtime, ensuring quality, and improving customer satisfaction. The use of AR devices also decreases the technician’s training time with increased support of an expert. All these advantages offered by AR glasses would increase their demand in the industrial market in the coming years.

Automotive industry to account largest size of industrial wearables market share by 2024

Growing adoption of AR and VR devices during the engineering and design phase to ensure better results in less time, use of AR devices to carry out assembling of components, which is a tedious task that requires numerous instructions to be followed, and assistance from wearables for reduction in production time and decrease in the development cost ensuring efficient production planning, accurate production, and quality improvement and assurance escalate demand for industrial wearables in automotive industry drive market growth.

North America to exhibit largest market share for industrial wearables through course of forecast period

Factors such as growing trends of smart manufacturing and Industrial IoT (IIOT); increasing adoption of advanced communication technologies in varieties of industries; rising interests of the automotive industry in implementing AR glasses to automate vehicle model setup, configuration, calibration, and quality check-up; increasing investments in AR/VR technologies; as well as the availability of supporting communication technologies, such as 4G/LTE, for the adoption of industrial wearables and the presence of leading players such as Microsoft (US), Google (US), Vuzix (US), Apple (US), and Magic Leap (US) in North America and their focus on  developing different types of wearables, particularly AR glasses and VR headsets, to meet the requirements of various end-user industries.

Microsoft Corporation (US), Google (US), Seiko Epson Corporation (Japan), Vuzix (US), Magic Leap, Inc. (US), Apple Inc. (US), Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan), Honeywell International Inc. (US), Oculus VR (US), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea), AsusTek Computer Inc. (Taiwan), Fitbit, Inc. (US), Fossil Group, Inc. (US), HTC Corporation (Taiwan), Olympus Corporation (Japan), Optinvent (France), RealWear (US), ThirdEye (US), Workerbase (Germany), and Zepcam (Netherlands) are among a few major players in the industrial wearables market.