Augmented Reality Market Survey

To all AR companies and researchers,

apologies in advance if you received this email already; please ignore it!

The HIT Lab NZ (http://www.hitlabnz.org), developer of the Augmented
Reality Toolkit, has been asked by the New Zealand government to conduct
a general survey of the Augmented Reality market. Thus, we want to
collect general estimates about the relevance of AR and related technologies 
in various markets. 

All information collected will be handled with utmost discretion and only
presented in an anonymous and summarized form. If you don't feel comfortable 
providing a particular information in the questionnaire, please ignore the 
respective item.

For more information about this survey don't hesitate to contact Dr.
Mark Billinghurst [mark.billinghurst@h ...........]. Please send filled out
documents to Dr. Hartmut Seichter [hartmut.seichter@h ...........].

Thank you in advance for your help. 

Your products related to AR can be categorized in the following
sections:

[ ]	Entertainment 
[ ]	Education 
[ ]	Engineering (Architecture, CAD/CAE) 
[ ]	Medical 
[ ]	Defense
[ ]	Marketing/Advertising
[ ]	Broadcasting

Which market is your largest expected market?

..........................

How many employees do you have in your company working on AR related
products?

# ... 

Is your company in a planning phase for Augmented Reality related
products? If so, can you estimate the time to market?

[ ] Shorter than 1 year
[ ] 1 - 5 years
[ ] 5 - 10 years
[ ] Longer than 10 years

How large is your targeted market size for products in your company
directly related to Augmented Reality? 

[ ] > 5 Million USD
[ ] 5 - 10 Million USD
[ ] 10 - 50 Million USD
[ ] 50 - 100 Million USD
[ ] 100 Million USD or larger

How large is your targeted market size for products in your company
indirectly related to Augmented Reality?

[ ] < 1 Million USD
[ ] 1 - 2 Million USD
[ ] 2 - 5 Million USD
[ ] 5 - 10 Million USD
[ ] 10 Million USD or larger, an estimated .... Million USD

How large is your company revenue before tax directly related to
Augmented Reality?

[ ] < 1 Million USD
[ ] 1 - 2 Million USD
[ ] 2 - 5 Million USD
[ ] 5 - 10 Million USD
[ ] 10 Million USD or larger, an estimated .... Million USD 

How large is the total revenue of your company before tax?

[ ] < 1 Million USD
[ ] 1 - 5 Million USD
[ ] 5 - 10 Million USD
[ ] 10 - 50 Million USD
[ ] 50 Million USD or larger, an estimated .... Million USD

How much of the revenue stream (in %) is being allocated by R&D in your
company directly and indirectly related to Augmented Reality?

.. %

Did you allocate funding from government agencies for R&D of products
Augmented Reality related products?

[y/n]

Can you estimate the funding in above question? 

....... Million USD

Thanks in advance for your time,
Hartmut

From:	Hartmut Seichter <hartmut@t ................>	Received:	Apr 23, 2007
To	artoolkit <artoolkit@h ..................>
Subject:	Augmented Reality Market Survey
To all AR companies and researchers, apologies in advance if you received this email already; please ignore it! The HIT Lab NZ (http://www.hitlabnz.org), developer of the Augmented Reality Toolkit, has been asked by the New Zealand government to conduct a general survey of the Augmented Reality market. Thus, we want to collect general estimates about the relevance of AR and related technologies in various markets. All information collected will be handled with utmost discretion and only presented in an anonymous and summarized form. If you don't feel comfortable providing a particular information in the questionnaire, please ignore the respective item. For more information about this survey don't hesitate to contact Dr. Mark Billinghurst [mark.billinghurst@h ...........]. Please send filled out documents to Dr. Hartmut Seichter [hartmut.seichter@h ...........]. Thank you in advance for your help. Your products related to AR can be categorized in the following sections: [ ] Entertainment [ ] Education [ ] Engineering (Architecture, CAD/CAE) [ ] Medical [ ] Defense [ ] Marketing/Advertising [ ] Broadcasting Which market is your largest expected market? .......................... How many employees do you have in your company working on AR related products? # ... Is your company in a planning phase for Augmented Reality related products? If so, can you estimate the time to market? [ ] Shorter than 1 year [ ] 1 - 5 years [ ] 5 - 10 years [ ] Longer than 10 years How large is your targeted market size for products in your company directly related to Augmented Reality? [ ] > 5 Million USD [ ] 5 - 10 Million USD [ ] 10 - 50 Million USD [ ] 50 - 100 Million USD [ ] 100 Million USD or larger How large is your targeted market size for products in your company indirectly related to Augmented Reality? [ ] < 1 Million USD [ ] 1 - 2 Million USD [ ] 2 - 5 Million USD [ ] 5 - 10 Million USD [ ] 10 Million USD or larger, an estimated .... Million USD How large is your company revenue before tax directly related to Augmented Reality? [ ] < 1 Million USD [ ] 1 - 2 Million USD [ ] 2 - 5 Million USD [ ] 5 - 10 Million USD [ ] 10 Million USD or larger, an estimated .... Million USD How large is the total revenue of your company before tax? [ ] < 1 Million USD [ ] 1 - 5 Million USD [ ] 5 - 10 Million USD [ ] 10 - 50 Million USD [ ] 50 Million USD or larger, an estimated .... Million USD How much of the revenue stream (in %) is being allocated by R&D in your company directly and indirectly related to Augmented Reality? .. % Did you allocate funding from government agencies for R&D of products Augmented Reality related products? [y/n] Can you estimate the funding in above question? ....... Million USD Thanks in advance for your time, Hartmut