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TOP ASSIGNEES

VIRTUAL REALITY

Sony, Microsoft and Samsung are the top three patent holders in this domain with 366, 365 and 348 patents/patent applications respectively. The distribution of patents/patent applications is very fragmented with the top patent holder having around 3% of the total patent filings in this domain.

LICENSING HEAT MAPData Processing and Medical Devices are in bright red which reflects a very distributed portfolio with no monopoly of any assignee in these domains, hence have higher chances of licensing activity. While on the other hand, domains like 3D Modeling and Optical control systems fall in the lighter shades reflecting that the patent portfolio in these domains is predominantly held by some top players.

Virtual Reality(VR) is a digital technology that overlays texts, images, and videos over physical

objects. At its core, VR provides all types of information such as location, heading, visual, audio

and acceleration data, and opens an avenue for real-time feedback.

$5.2 Billion

Nokia

169

LincolnGlobal

65

Canon

82

SK Telecom

82

IBM

85

IntellectualVentures

90

Intel

109

ETRI

137

Pantech

172

Siemens

172

LG

174

Qualcomm

252

Samsung

348

Microsoft

365

Sony

366

What has enabled theRecent Growth?

High speed wireless data connections

3D-capableCPU/GPUs

High-res,Lightweight motionsensors

Internet of Thingsgrowth

Cellphone TechnologySuper lightweight andhigh resolution screens

What constitutes a

Virtual Reality System?Tracker

Sensor(s)

Haptic Interface

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Mergers And Acquistions

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Growth in VR Devices

Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR is the biggest transactions in this domain yet.

Qualcomm has joined Google and others in a $542 million funding round for Florida based startup Magic Leap.

Samsung partnered with Vortex VR to create a $100 mobile VR headset that uses LG's G3 Quad HD smartphone as its display.

Market Projection

The consumer virtual reality market, including hardware and software, is expected to be worth US $5.2 Billion worldwide by 2018.

The sales of virtual reality hardware devices are estimated to grow from 200,000 units in 2014 to 5.7 million units in 2015 and 23.8 million units in 2018.

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