Leading reasons for future AR use worldwide 2021

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Thomas Alsop,
Aug 12, 2022
As of 2021, according to the respondents surveyed, wellness is the primary driver for using augmented reality (AR) throughout the world. Other reasons for using AR include improving productivity and instructions.

Leading reasons for using augmented reality (AR) in the future worldwide as of 2021

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2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

February 23 to April 5, 2021

Special properties

respondents aged 13-50

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The questions for the statistic were phrased by the source as follows: "Why use AR?" and "Desire for more AR use?"

Why use AR: wellness (n=1,680), improve productivity (n=2,636), instructions (n=3,517), learn something new (n=4,903), TV & sports (n=2,798), navigation (n=4,156).
Desire for more AR use: wellness (n=4,021), improve productivity (n=4,635), instructions (n=5,453), learn something new (n=6,601), TV & sports (n=3,814), navigation (n=5,658).

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