Interactive Flat Panels * (IFPDs) continued to be a considerable success in 2016 in
the education and corporate markets. By Q4, 68% of all interactive display sales
were IFPDs. The growth has been prodigious, with a CAGR of 59% from 2013 to
2016 and growth is forecast to continue. The interactive whiteboard (IWB), the
original technology, is in decline. However, combined the two technologies
contributed to 1.6 million displays in 2016. US had a 24% annual volume growth,
value grew by 36% with rapid transition to larger size IFPDs, half of sales are now
over 70′. Over 2/3rds of US classrooms now have an interactive display and the
level of growth is forecast to continue.

This market has previously been dominated by suppliers who had originally
developed their products to service education markets, designed for teacher’s daily
use. To date, uptake of interactive displays in the corporate sector has been
limited. Many corporates have criticised solutions, as over engineered for corporate
markets, where users are much less likely to use the technology regularly, so need
increased simplicity. With an almost untapped market of 32 million corporate
meeting rooms globally and well under one million displays installed to date, the
opportunity is significant.

The entrance to the market of global tech giants, Microsoft, Google and Cisco is
changing the industry dynamic. These providers are leveraging their existing
infrastructure and collaboration solutions, to bring a completely new value
proposition to market. The new entrants are promoting simple “all-in-one’ meeting
room solutions. They can easily create, using touch-interactivity, share content
amongst attendees (both remotely and in-room) and call via voice or video.
Embedded cameras, speakers and sophisticated microphones encourage a high
quality interaction as well as easy set-up and continuous workflow. These displays
have innovative features such as automatic switch-on when someone approaches or
one-touch switch-on. The corporate market is expected to reach 500,000 annual
sales by 2021.

New interactive touch technologies such as FlatFrog InGlass technology is used by,
at least, five major brands and provides a very impressive and highly accurate
touch experience. Dell, NEC and HiteVision have all added the technology to their
high-end ranges. Projective Capacitive (PCAP) technology, often found in the mobile
device industry, is also starting to appear, Microsoft’s Surface Hub and Cisco’s
Spark Board both have PCAP. With no frame, as the glass goes to the edge, it
provides better aesthetics as well as high accuracy and faster speed of writing.

Many have embedded PCs so they become stand-alone devices, such as the
Microsoft Surface Hub that also integrates existing Microsoft platforms such as
Office, Skype and One Note. There are many other time-saving features such as
Sahara Clevertouch Pro with Clever Share, a USB plug-in module allowing fast
connection to a laptop without the need for Wi-Fi or drivers.

This 86 page report examines the current state of interactive display market across
67 countries, exploring market segmentation, drivers and barriers as well as
detailed 5 year forecasts. For more information or to make a purchase, please get
in touch with Leon Morris via leon.morris@futuresource-hq.com.

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