Market Analysis

The year 2016 will be remembered as the debut of consumer virtual reality (VR), with key ambassadors in the form of Facebook/Oculus, HTC/Valve, Sony, Samsung, and a collective community of companies in China planting their stakes in the ground with formidable investments in jumpstarting a new computing platform.  After a shaky start, Facebook’s Oculus Rift […]

Business Intelligence and Situational Awareness Use Cases Will Expand Video Analytics Market Demand Beyond the Current Focus on Security and Surveillance Applications Video analytics systems, which extract information from video content that is meaningful as perceived by the human eye, are gaining greater traction in a diverse set of application markets including retail, transportation, consumer,

Automotive Sensors Enabling Advanced Vision, Awareness, and Emergency Response Systems Will Experience Strong Growth as Automakers Embrace Systems for Improved Safety and Vehicle Autonomy The market for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is on the verge of a tipping point.  Driven largely by a quest for improved safety, either via government mandates or a desire

This market research report was originally published at Tractica's website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Tractica. Self-driving cars are gaining quite a bit of attention lately, with a new headline on the subject just about every day.  Meanwhile, as autonomous vehicles get all the publicity, self-piloting drones are quietly making progress and

The world market for professional video surveillance equipment grew by 1.9% in revenues in 2015.This is according to recently published estimates from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), through its Video Surveillance Intelligence Service. This is a much lower rate of growth than in 2014 (14.2%) and 2013 (6.8%). Lower growth of 4.9% in the Chinese market

This market research report was originally published at Tractica's website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Tractica. Smart cameras have been around for some time. In fact, Wikipedia gives an example of a smart camera dating back to 1985. Of course, smart cameras did very simple things back then and the level of

This market research report was originally published at Tractica's website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Tractica. Over the past several years, graphics processing units (GPUs) have become the de facto standard for implementing deep learning algorithms in computer vision and other applications. GPUs offer a large number of processing elements, a stable

Six Deep Learning-Enabled Vision Applications in Digital Media, Healthcare, Agriculture, Retail, Manufacturing, and Other Industries The enterprise applications for deep learning have only scratched the surface of their potential applicability and use cases.  Because it is data agnostic, deep learning is poised to be used in almost every enterprise vertical market, including agriculture, media, manufacturing,