Global Augmented Reality Gaming Market Size By Product (Head Mounted Display, Handheld Display, Spatial Display), By Application (Commercial Use, Home Use), By Geographic Scope And Forecast

Augmented Reality Gaming Market Size And Forecast

Augmented Reality Gaming Market size was valued at USD 8.84 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 43.34 Billion by 2031 , growing at a CAGR of 21.98% from 2024 to 2031. Rising affordability of Augmented Reality games coupled with increasing availability is key factors that are anticipated to drive the global Augmented Reality Gaming Market. The Global Augmented Reality Gaming Market report provides a holistic evaluation of the market. The report offers a comprehensive analysis of key segments, trends, drivers, restraints, competitive landscape, and factors that are playing a substantial role in the market.

Global Augmented Reality Gaming Market Definition

Augmented reality gaming, or Augmented Reality Gaming, refers to the synchronization of the audio and visual content of a game with the user's environment in real-time. Augmented reality gaming aims at connecting the virtual world with the real world and utilizes the existing environment to create a playing field with it. Augmented Reality Gaming operates in devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and portable gaming systems. A pre-created environment is superimposed on a real-life environment in Augmented Reality Gaming.

In Augmented Reality Gaming, the experience of gaming is characterized into four aspects, viz., social, emotional, mental, and physical. There is a rising trend of using augmented reality in the entertainment industry. AR in the entertainment industry provides a much more interactive style of gameplay compared to traditional gameplay. earthquake is a well-known AR game in which the user has to wear a head-mounted display to play the game. The global Augmented Reality Gaming Market is estimated to expand at a consistent growth rate during the forecast period due to the benefits of Augmented Reality Gaming in education, which provides enhanced learning techniques.

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Global Augmented Reality Gaming Market Overview

The rising affordability of AR games coupled with increasing availability is key factors that are anticipated to drive the global Augmented Reality Gaming Market. Leading organizations have been investing in incorporating Augmented Reality Gaming techniques in mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, which provide improved and enhanced gaming experience, and lead to expansion of the developers of Augmented Reality Gaming techniques. The rising collaboration of technology providers with manufacturers of devices who offer innovative gaming solutions is further projected to increase the demand for Augmented Reality Gaming devices, and thereby drive the global Augmented Reality Gaming Market during the forecast period.

Concerns regarding privacy are likely to hamper the expansion of the global Augmented Reality Gaming Market during the forecast period. Augmented Reality Gaming users often reveal their personal information, which creates a threat to their privacy. However, some users play as anonymous gamers that prevent the revelation of any kind of personal information of the Augmented Reality Gaming user. The market is driven by the increasing popularity and integration of AR and VR technologies in mobile phones and other wearable devices.

AR and VR are considered to seamlessly offer the most exciting emerging technologies on the planet for today's life. The industries using AR and VR technologies are forecasted to achieve the targeted valuation of over a Trillion dollars by 2025. Howsoever, AR has occupied a special place in the burgeoning mobile gaming world. About 50% of global game market apps displays no sign to lift up as the handset that comes incorporated with the built-in camera serves as a great source of Augmented Reality gaming. The increasing demand for AR in mobile gaming, as well as the larger world of gaming, will drive market growth.

Global Augmented Reality Gaming Market Segmentation Analysis

The Global Augmented Reality Gaming Market is Segmented on the basis of Product, Application, and Geography.

Augmented Reality Gaming Market, By Product

• Head Mounted Display
• Handheld Display
• Spatial Display

Based on Product, the market is segmented into Head Mounted Display, Handheld Display, and Spatial Display. The completely immersive AR experience is delivered with the help of HMDs, whereas partial experience delivery is subject to AR support device usage. The market is anticipated to witness a critical transformation as the technology initiates integration with multiple media devices and adjacent arcades.

Augmented Reality Gaming Market, By Application

• Commercial Use
• Home Use

Based on Application, the market is bifurcated into Commercial Use, Home Use. The global Augmented Reality Gaming Market can be segmented into consumer electronics, education, entertainment, healthcare, and others. The entertainment application segment is estimated to hold a significant share of the global Augmented Reality Gaming Market, followed by the education sector, during the forecast period.

Augmented Reality Gaming Market, By Geography

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Rest of the World

Based on Geography, the Global Augmented Reality Gaming Market is classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the world. North America is anticipated to emerge as a leading global augmented reality gaming market in the overall gaming business. This growth has been spurred by growth in consumers' disposable income and constant technological innovation. However, South Korea and China in Asia Pacific region are poised to remain as lucrative growth regions throughout the forecast period. From the global standpoint, factors such as technological breakthroughs are foreseen to drive market growth, whereas the upgrade cost of augmented reality devices and high maintenance is expected to curtail growth to some extent.

Key Players

• The "Global Augmented Reality Gaming Market" study report will provide valuable insight with an emphasis on the global market. The major players in the market are
• Augmented Pixels, Aurasma, Blippar, Catchoom, Infinity Augmented Reality, Metaio, Qualcomm, Total Immersion, VividWorks, Wikitude, and Zappar.
• The competitive landscape section also includes key development strategies, market share, and market ranking analysis of the above-mentioned players globally.

Key Developments

• Partnerships, Collaboration and Agreements
• In March 2021, Nitro Games has signed with PlaySide to offer game development services for a new unannounced game by PlaySide.
• In February 2021, Nonvoice Agency has added mobile AR combat game Reality Clash to its 5G apps portfolio after entering a global partnership with publisher Reality Gaming Group.
• Acquisition & Mergers
• In February 2020, Facebook Has Acquired VR Game Developer Sanzaru Games, Sanzaru Games is behind one of the well-received games on the Oculus Rift.
• In January 2021, Pokemon GO creator Niantic has acquired a small SF gaming startup building a league and tournament organization platform to help gamers create their own communities around popular titles
• Product launch and Product Expansion
• In April 2021, Security First International Holdings Inc, announced the launch of ViRiZ Go, a location-based mobile game, to the WAZE community. ViRiZ Go is an augmented reality mobile game that utilizes GPS data to place virtual 3D objects at desired locations for discovery by users through ViRiZ virtual camera technology.
• In December 2020, Krikey an augmented reality mobile gaming company has launched the augmented reality-based game 'Yaatra' with Jio