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ARtillery Intelligence publishes its five-year outlook for AR glasses hardware and software revenues. - billion in 2026, an 80.7 Entitled Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2020–2026 , the report examines glasses-based AR revenue totals and subsegments? MagicLeap has meaningfully turned things around,” said Boland.
This enterprise dominance holds up for AR glasses but also AR software spending. That software is not just for industrial enterprises but consumer-facing companies that need tools to develop AR experiences for their customers. Intel believes that intersection will happen for AR glasses around 2026, per the below graph.
The Acer AH101, Acer OJO 500, Asus HC102, Dell Visor, HP VR1000, HP Reverb, HP Reverb G2, Lenovo Explorer, Samsung Odyssey, and Samsung Odyssey+ VR headsets all require Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality software to function. 1, 2026 for consumers and Nov. UploadVR reached out to Microsoft officially for answers.
billion in 2026. Further subdividing the spendings are hardware and software. And there, hardware leads in the early years, but the software will outpace it over time. This happens as software builds on a larger installed base of in-market hardware — a common pattern for emerging consumer technology.
While widespread consumer adoption is still far away, many AR hardware and software firms are leading the pack in spreading the technology worldwide. Nreal, Meta, MagicLeap, and RealWear produce AR devices that suit consumer, enterprise, or industrial environments.
Recent reports highlight how, in its most recent Windows 11 24h2 update, Microsoft is removing some support frameworks for its MR hardware and software portfolio. That’s why we have moved MRTK3 Open-Source Software (OSS) outside of Microsoft into its own independent organization within GitHub.
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billion USD by 2026. Smart glass manufacturers and solution providers like Vuzix, Google, Nreal, RealWear, Lenovo, MagicLeap, and others offer full-spectrum devices capable of agile use cases. AR Software. AR software is the platform delivery system, consisting of apps, tools, and software developer kits (SDKs).
billion USD by 2026 and $99.76 This is due to several “false starts” with Google Glass , Microsoft HoloLens2, and MagicLeap, although the companies remain potential customers. Goldman also lauded Apple’s software developer kit (SDK) to create an ecosystem of use cases before the product launch.
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