3D Imaging Market Overview:
3D Imaging Market was valued at $4,631 million in 2015, and is expected to reach $21,341 million by 2022 with a CAGR of 24.7% during the forecast period. 3D imaging technology is used in 3D scanning, 3D rendering, 3D modeling, gesture recognition, and other applications. 3D technology has a wide range of applications in medical, defense, entertainment, security & surveillance, industrial automation, construction, architecture, media & entertainment, industrial automation, and others, where 3D medical imaging is one of the prominent application. Moreover, increase in demand for 3D displays & sensors for high-resolution visualization, growing awareness of 3D imaging, increased usage in smartphones and tablets, as well as surge in demand in industrial automation drive the market.
Various 3D imaging industries prefer this technology owing to its high-resolution visualization features. Moreover, rise in awareness among consumers has fueled the sale of consumer electronics, creating a positive effect on the global market. However, recent R&D and emergence of 4D technology are anticipated to increase the consumer base in the future.
Emerging economies, such as China and India, offer lucrative opportunities to market players due to large population base and the advent of new technological innovations in healthcare, entertainment, industrial automation, and consumer electronics. North America dominated the global market in 2015.
Segment Overview
The global 3D imaging market is segmented by product type, image sensors, application, end use industry, and geography. Based on product type, the market is divided into 3D cameras, sonography, smartphones, and others; moreover, 3D cameras are sub-segmented into time of flight, stereo vision, and structured light, while the sonography segment is further subdivided into sonars and ultrasound. Based on image sensor, the market is classified into charge-coupled device (CCD) and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS). The application areas of 3D imaging include 3D modeling, 3D scanning, layout & animation, 3D rendering, and image reconstruction. Based on end use industry, it is segmented into entertainment, healthcare, architecture & engineering, industrial applications, security & surveillance, and others. The market is analyzed across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA.
Top Investment Pockets
Due to increase in demand for better and sophisticated healthcare facilities for advanced resolution and visualization for accurate test diagnosis, 3D healthcare industry is anticipated to witness high adoption of 3D imaging and dominate the global market share by 2022. Moreover, the emergence of 4D technology and increase in demand for consumer electronics such as smart gadgets for fitness, are expected to fuel the growth of 3D imaging healthcare market. Likewise, the entertainment industry is expected to witness substantial adoption of 3D imaging technique due to advancement of technology and preference for high resolution visualized images and videos. The industrial automation and other emerging end user industries, such as architecture & engineering, security & surveillance have high growth potential and are lucrative investment opportunities for market players.
Top Winning Strategies
The key players adopt merger, acquisition, expansion, product launch, partnership, and joint venture as their business strategies to sustain competition and increase their market share.
LAMEA Review:
The demand for enhanced visualization effects in videos and images have boosted the adoption of this technology in smartphone and entertainment industries in the LAMEA region. The emergence of 4D technology offers lucrative growth opportunities to market players. The 3D imaging market in LAMEA is anticipated to grow with a CAGR of 25.23% between 2016 and 2022.
The 3D imaging market industry players include Google Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Stemmer Imaging Ltd., Infineon Technologies, Konica Minolta, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Corporation, GE Healthcare, and Zebra Imaging Inc.
Other prominent 3D imaging market industry players (not profiled in this report are) TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH, Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc., Samsung Medison America, Inc., Siemens Healthcare, Agilent Technologies, Frontop Digital Technology Co., Apple Inc., Sony Corporation, Visage Imaging Inc., North Grumman Corporation, and Mazor Robotics Ltd.
Key Benefits for Stakeholders
- This report gives a detailed analysis of the 3D imaging market from various perspectives, across various geographies along with 3D imaging market share.
- It highlights the prevailing market opportunities and threats in 3D imaging market.
- The detailed quantitative analysis of current market and estimations through 2014-2022, are elucidated to identify the potential investment pockets.
- This report entails the detailed quantitative analysis of current market and estimations through 2016-2022, that assist in identifying the prevailing market opportunities to capitalize on the global 3D imaging market.
- Comprehensive analysis on factors that are driving and restraining growth of global 3D imaging market is included.
- Competitive intelligence of leading manufacturers and distributors of 3D imaging market mentioned in report helps in understanding the competitive scenario across the geographies.
3D Imaging Market, by Product Type Report Highlights
| Aspects | Details |
 By PRODUCT TYPE |
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 By IMAGE SENSOR |
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 By APPLICATION |
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 By END USE INDUSTRY |
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 By GEOGRAPHY |
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 Key Market Players | Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Stemmer Imaging Ltd, GE Healthcare, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Google Inc., Zebra Imaging Inc, Infineon Technologies, Panasonic Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Konica Minolta Inc |
Analyst Review
The demand for high-resolution visualization has increased across various industries including defense, medical, and entertainment. A three-dimensional display, known as stereo display, provides images with depth perception for better visualization effect and enhanced customer viewing experience. Similarly, 3D displays are widely used in the defense sector for training and stimulating while the medical industry uses it in radiology, gynecology, cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, dentistry, and others to improve medical operations, patient care, and support discovery in medical research. Furthermore, it is used in consumer electronics such as smartphones, tablets, television, computer, and gaming devices for customer experience and high quality of visualization. In addition, the 3D imaging systems can be used for guiding and controlling robotic systems for production and inspection.
3D imaging market has gaining significant traction owing to emergence of 4D imaging technology, which offers virtual reality or immersive multimedia that creates artificial sensory experiences of sound, smell, vision, and touch. Likewise, Biotechnology based companies such as NanoLive have developed the first 3D-cell-exploring-microscope, which allows users to study living cells.
Geographically, the fastest adoption of 3D imaging technology was in North America followed by Europe. Moreover, Asia-Pacific has indicated high potential for growth owing to the rapid demand in India and China and their robust R&D in healthcare industry.
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