市場調査レポート

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ウェアラブル技術の世界市場（2026年～2036年）

The Global Wearable Technology Market 2026-2036

出版日: 2025年07月10日
発行: Future Markets, Inc.
ページ情報: 英文 1,240 Pages, 261 Tables, 4467 Figures
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ウェアラブル技術情勢は目覚ましく変化し、シンプルなフィットネストラッカーから、日常生活にシームレスに溶け込む洗練されたデバイスへと進化しています。急速に拡大するこの部門は、技術とファッションの境界線を曖昧にするイノベーションによって、私たちが健康状態をモニターし、デジタル情報と対話し、生産性を高める方法を再構築しています。現代のウェアラブルは、基本的な歩数計を超え、包括的なヘルスモニタリングシステムへと進化しています。ウェアラブルデバイスは、心拍モニタリング、睡眠の質、血圧、コレステロール値、酸素濃度、カロリー消費など、日々の健康管理に必要な情報を提供します。

近年のセンサー技術の飛躍的進歩により、以前は臨床の場に限られていた持続的モニタリングが可能になっています。血圧モニタリングは従来、臨床的な処置でした。しかし、ウェアラブルは現在、持続的で非侵襲的な血圧追跡を提供しています。この進歩は、予防医療へのパラダイムシフトを意味し、潜在的に危険な健康状態について、危篤状態になる前にリアルタイムでアラートを受け取ることができます。

業界を再形成するもっとも重要な動向の1つは、超薄型デバイス、特にスマートリングの登場です。2025年の最大の動向の1つは、ミニマリズムと機能性の追求であり、特にスマートリングは次の必需品となりつつあります。これらの小型でパワフルなデバイスは、日常使いのジュエリーのようなフォームファクターで包括的なヘルストラッキングを提供することで、従来のスマートウォッチの優位性に挑戦しています。スマートリングは現在、心拍数、歩数、睡眠、さらには血中酸素濃度まで追跡します。さりげなく通知してくれるので、ユーザーは画面を見ることなく常につながっていられます。その魅力は、大きなデバイスのようにかさばったり、視覚的に邪魔になったりすることなく、持続的なモニタリングを提供できる点にあります。Oura、Samsung、Ultrahumanのような主要ブランドは、非接触決済やスマートホームの制御にまで機能を拡張し、この分野のイノベーションを推進しています。

AIの統合により、ウェアラブルは受動的なデータ収集機からインテリジェントパーソナルアシスタントへと変貌を遂げました。AIにより、ウェアラブルは個々のユーザーのニーズに適応するようになっています。これらのデバイスは、ユーザーのデータから学習して行動を予測し、パーソナライズされた体験を提供します。この進化により、ウェアラブルは生のデータではなく、実用的な知見を提供できるようになり、ユーザーが健康状態やライフスタイルについて十分な情報に基づいた意思決定を行えるようになります。2024年、RealmeはChatGPTによるAIアシスタントを搭載したRealme Watch S2を発表しました。これは、技術をより身近で直感的なものにする対話型インターフェースへの幅広い動向を示しています。

おそらく、ウェアラブルでもっとも革新的な開発は、AR（拡張現実）グラスの成熟です。ARウェアラブルは長い間、インタラクティブ技術の未来と見なされてきましたが、高いコスト、不格好なデザイン、限定的な実世界での用途のため、これまでは普及が遅れていました。しかし、2025年はARグラスとMR（複合現実）ヘッドセットが大きく飛躍する年になりそうです。大手テック企業は、ARグラスをより実用的でスタイリッシュなものにするために多額の投資を行っています。MetaのRay-Banとの提携は、ファッション性と機能性をシームレスに融合させたスマートグラスを生み出しました。Ray-Ban Metaスマートグラスは、我々がテストした中で飛び抜けて優秀なAIウェアラブルであり、AIがオフの日（または充電が切れている時）でも、グラスは非常にスタイリッシュなサングラスとなります。これらのデバイスは、エンターテインメント用途を超え、強力な生産性ツールへと移行しつつあります。オフィスワーカーは、没入感のある会議、マルチスクリーンコンピューティング、リアルタイムタスク管理にARグラスを使用することができ、従来のディスプレイへの依存を減らすことができます。工業環境では、ARウェアラブルはトレーニング、遠隔支援、OTJ指導に役立っています。

当レポートでは、世界のウェアラブル技術市場について調査分析し、コンシューマーエレクトロニクス、医療用途、工業部門にわたる市場力学、新技術、将来の成長機会に関する知見を提供しています。

電子の進化
ウェアラブル革命
ウェアラブル技術市場
ウェアラブルマーケットリーダー
持続的モニタリング
ウェアラブル技術の主要動向
ウェアラブルエレクトロニクスとセンサーの市場マップ
硬いものから柔軟で伸縮性のあるものへ
ウェアラブルにおける柔軟で伸縮性のある電子機器
伸縮性のある人工皮膚
メタバースにおける役割
テキスタイル産業におけるウェアラブルエレクトロニクス
新しい導電性材料
エンターテインメント
フレキシブルで伸縮性のある電子市場の成長
CESにおけるイノベーション（2021年～2025年）
投資資金調達とバイアウト（2019年～2025年）
フレキシブルハイブリッドエレクトロニクス（FHE）
ウェアラブル技術における持続可能性

第2章イントロダクション

イントロダクション
フォームファクター
ウェアラブルセンサー

第3章生産方式

比較分析
プリンテッドエレクトロニクス
3Dエレクトロニクス
アナログ印刷
デジタル印刷
インモールドエレクトロニクス（IME）
ロールツーロール（R2R）

第4章材料とコンポーネント

コンポーネント取り付け材料
導電性インク
印刷可能な半導体
印刷可能なセンシング材料
フレキシブル基板
フレキシブルIC
プリント基板
薄膜電池
エネルギーハーベスティング

第5章コンシューマーエレクトロニクス向けウェアラブル技術

市場の促進要因と動向
ウェアラブルセンサー
ウェアラブルアクチュエーター
近年の市場の発展
手首装着型ウェアラブル
スポーツ、フィットネス
ヒアラブル
睡眠トラッカー、ウェアラブルモニター
ペット・動物用ウェアラブル
軍用ウェアラブル
産業・職場モニタリング
世界市場の予測
市場の課題
企業プロファイル（企業131社のプロファイル）

第6章医療向けウェアラブル技術

市場促進要因
現在の最先端技術
ウェアラブル、ヘルスモニタリング、リハビリテーション
電子皮膚パッチ
ウェアラブルドラッグデリバリー
コスメティックパッチ
フェムテックデバイス
ヘルスモニタリング向けスマートフットウェア
視覚障害者向けスマートコンタクトレンズ、スマートグラス
スマート創傷ケア
スマートおむつ
ウェアラブルロボット - エクソスケルトン、バイオニック義肢、エクソスーツ、身体装着型協働ロボット
世界市場の予測
市場の課題
企業プロファイル（企業341社のプロファイル）

第7章ゲーム・エンターテインメント向けウェアラブル技術（VR/AR/MR）

イントロダクション
VR、AR、MR、XRの分類
世界市場の予測
企業プロファイル（企業96社のプロファイル）

第8章電子テキスタイル（eテキスタイル）とスマートアパレル

マクロトレンド
市場促進要因
SWOT分析
eテキスタイルの性能要件
電子テキスタイルの成長見通し
IoTにおけるテキスタイル
eテキスタイル製品のタイプ
材料とコンポーネント
用途、市場、製品
世界市場の予測
市場の課題
企業プロファイル（企業152社のプロファイル）

第9章ウェアラブル技術向けエネルギー貯蔵・ハーベスティング

マクロトレンド
市場促進要因
SWOT分析
バッテリー開発
プリンテッドエレクトロニクスとフレキシブルエレクトロニクスの応用
電子機器向けの柔軟で伸縮性のある電池
柔軟性へのアプローチ
フレキシブル電池技術
フレキシブル電池の主要コンポーネント
性能指標と特性
プリンテッドスーパーキャパシター
太陽光発電
透明で柔軟なヒーター
熱電エネルギーハーベスティング
市場の課題
世界市場の予測
企業（45社の企業プロファイル）

第10章調査手法

第11章参考文献

図表

List of Tables

Table 1. Types of wearable devices and applications
Table 2. Types of wearable devices and the data collected
Table 3. Main Wearable Device Companies by Shipment Volume, Market Share, and Year-Over-Year Growth, (million units)
Table 4. New wearable tech products 2022-2025
Table 5. Wearable technology market leaders by market segment
Table 6. Applications in wearable technology, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 7. Advanced materials for wearable technology-Advantages and disadvantages
Table 8. Sheet resistance (RS) and transparency (T) values for transparent conductive oxides and alternative materials for transparent conductive electrodes (TCE)
Table 9. Wearable electronics at CES 2021-2025
Table 10. Wearable technology Investment funding and buy-outs 2019-2025
Table 11. Comparative analysis of conventional and flexible hybrid electronics
Table 12. Materials, components, and manufacturing methods for FHE
Table 13. Research and commercial activity in FHE
Table 14. Value proposition of wearable sensors versus non wearable alternatives
Table 15. Overview of Wearable Sensor Types
Table 16. Market Drivers in the Wearable Sensor Market
Table 17. Markets for Wearable Sensors
Table 18. Wearable Electronic Form Factors
Table 19. Trends in Wearable Sensor Innovations by Form-Factor:
Table 20. Applications and Opportunities for TMRs in Wearables
Table 21. Wearable Motion Sensors Applications
Table 22. Applications of Photoplethysmography (PPG)
Table 23. Wearable Brands in Cardiovascular Clinical Research
Table 24. Technologies for Cuff-less Blood Pressure
Table 25. Market outlook for Wearable Blood Pressure Devices
Table 26. Non-invasive glucose monitoring
Table 27. fNIRS Companies
Table 28. Comparing fNIRS to Other Non-invasive Brain Imaging Methods
Table 29. Thin Film Pressure Sensor Architectures
Table 30. Applications of Printed Force Sensors
Table 31. Companies in Printed Strain Sensors
Table 32. Types of Temperature Sensor
Table 33. Technology Readiness Level for strain sensors
Table 34. Commercial CGM Devices
Table 35. Applications of Wearable Chemical Sensors
Table 36. Market Outlook of Wearable Sensors for Novel Biometrics
Table 37. Applications of Wearable OPMs - MEG
Table 38. Applications and Market Opportunities for TMRs
Table 39. Wearable Electrode Types
Table 40. Applications of wearable electrodes
Table 41. Printed Electrodes for Skin Patches and E-textiles
Table 42. Companies in Wearable Electrodes
Table 43. Materials and Manufacturing Approaches for Electronic Skins
Table 44. Wearable electrodes Applications
Table 45. Manufacturing Methods for Wearable Electronics
Table 46. Manufacturing methods for wearable technology
Table 47. Common printing methods used in printed electronics manufacturing in terms of resolution vs throughput
Table 48. Manufacturing methods for 3D electronics
Table 49. Readiness level of various additive manufacturing technologies for electronics applications
Table 50. Fully 3D printed electronics process steps
Table 51. Manufacturing methods for Analogue manufacturing
Table 52. Technological and commercial readiness level of analogue printing methods
Table 53. Manufacturing methods for Digital printing
Table 54. Innovations in high resolution printing
Table 55. Key manufacturing methods for creating smart surfaces with integrated electronics
Table 56. IME manufacturing techniques
Table 57. Applications of R2R electronics manufacturing
Table 58. Technology readiness level for R2R manufacturing
Table 59. Materials for wearable technology
Table 60. Comparison of component attachment materials
Table 61. Comparison between sustainable and conventional component attachment materials for printed circuit boards
Table 62. Comparison between the SMAs and SMPs
Table 63. Comparison of conductive biopolymers versus conventional materials for printed circuit board fabrication
Table 64. Low temperature solder alloys
Table 65. Thermally sensitive substrate materials
Table 66. Typical conductive ink formulation
Table 67. Comparative properties of conductive inks
Table 68. Comparison of the electrical conductivities of liquid metal with typical conductive inks
Table 69. Conductive ink producers
Table 70. Technology readiness level of printed semiconductors
Table 71. Organic semiconductors: Advantages and disadvantages
Table 72. Market Drivers for printed/flexible sensors
Table 73. Overview of specific printed/flexible sensor types
Table 74. Properties of typical flexible substrates
Table 75. Comparison of stretchable substrates
Table 76. Main types of materials used as flexible plastic substrates in flexible electronics
Table 77. Applications of flexible (bio) polyimide PCBs
Table 78. Paper substrates: Advantages and disadvantages
Table 79. Comparison of flexible integrated circuit technologies
Table 80. PCB manufacturing process
Table 81. Challenges in PCB manufacturing
Table 82. 3D PCB manufacturing
Table 83. Market drivers and trends in wearable electronics
Table 84. Types of wearable sensors
Table 85. Opportunities and challenges for the wearable technology industry
Table 86. Drivers for Wearable Adoption and Innovation
Table 87. Future Trends in Wearable Technology
Table 88. Applications of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) and Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS)
Table 89. Wearable batteries, displays and communication systems
Table 90. Different sensing modalities that can be incorporated into wrist-worn wearable device
Table 91. Overview of actuating at the wrist
Table 92. Key players in Wrist-Worn Technology
Table 93. Wearable health monitors
Table 94. Sports-watches, smart-watches and fitness trackers producers and products
Table 95. Wearable sensors for sports performance
Table 96. Wearable sensor products for monitoring sport performance
Table 97. Product types in the hearing assistance technology market
Table 98. Audio and Hearing Assistance for Hearables
Table 99. Hearing Assistance Technologies
Table 100. Hearing Assistance Technology Products
Table 101. Sensing options in the ear
Table 102. Sensing Options in the Ear
Table 103. Advantages and Limitations for Blood Pressure Hearables
Table 104. Companies and products in hearables
Table 105. Example wearable sleep tracker products and prices
Table 106. Smart ring products
Table 107. Sleep headband products
Table 108. Sleep Headband Wearables
Table 109. Wearable electronics sleep monitoring products
Table 110. Pet and animal wearable electronics & sensors companies and products
Table 111. Wearable electronics applications in the military
Table 112. Industrial Wearable Electronics Product Table
Table 113. Global market for wearable consumer electronics 2020-2036 by type (Millions Units)
Table 114. Global market revenues for wearable consumer electronics, 2020-2036, (millions USD)
Table 115. Market challenges in consumer wearable electronics
Table 116. Market drivers for printed, flexible and stretchable medical and healthcare sensors and wearables
Table 117. Examples of wearable medical device products
Table 118. Medical wearable companies applying products to COVID-19 monitoring and analysis
Table 119. Applications in flexible and stretchable health monitors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof
Table 120. Medical wearable companies applying products to temperate and respiratory monitoring and analysis
Table 121. Technologies for minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose detection-advantages and disadvantages
Table 122. Commercial devices for non-invasive glucose monitoring not released or withdrawn from market
Table 123. Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring products
Table 124. ECG Patch Monitor and Clothing Products
Table 125. PPG Wearable Electronics Companies and Products
Table 126. Pregnancy and Newborn Monitoring Wearables
Table 127. Companies developing wearable swear sensors
Table 128. Wearable electronics drug delivery companies and products
Table 129. Companies and products, cosmetics and drug delivery patches
Table 130. Femtech Wearable Electronics
Table 131. Companies developing femtech wearable technology
Table 132. Companies and products in smart foowtear and insolves
Table 133. Companies and products in smart contact lenses
Table 134. Companies and products in smart wound care
Table 135. Companies developing smart diaper products
Table 136. Companies developing wearable robotics
Table 137. Global Market for Wearable Medical & Healthcare Electronics 2020-2036 (Million Units)
Table 138. Global market for Wearable medical & healthcare electronics, 2020-2036, millions of US dollars
Table 139. Market challenges in medical and healthcare sensors and wearables
Table 140. VR and AR Headset Classification
Table 141. Applications of VR and AR Technology
Table 142. XR Headset OEM Comparison
Table 143. Timeline of Modern VR
Table 144. VR Headset Types
Table 145. AR Outlook by Device Type
Table 146. AR Outlook by Computing Type
Table 147. Augmented reality (AR) smart glass products
Table 148. Mixed Reality (MR) smart glass products
Table 149. Comparison between miniLED displays and other display types
Table 150. Comparison of AR Display Light Engines
Table 151. Comparison to conventional LEDs
Table 152. Types of microLED
Table 153. Summary of monolithic integration, monolithic hybrid integration (flip-chip/wafer bonding), and mass transfer technologies
Table 154. Summary of different mass transfer technologies
Table 155. Comparison to LCD and OLED
Table 156. Schematic comparison to LCD and OLED
Table 157. Commercially available microLED products and specifications
Table 158. microLED-based display advantages and disadvantages
Table 159. MicroLED based smart glass products
Table 160. VR and AR MicroLED products
Table 161. Global Market for VR/AR/MR Gaming and Entertainment Wearable Technology, 2018-2036 (Million Units)
Table 162. Global Market for VR/AR/MR Gaming and Entertainment Wearable Technology, 2018-2036 (Millions USD)
Table 163. Macro-trends for electronic textiles
Table 164. Market drivers for printed, flexible, stretchable and organic electronic textiles
Table 165. Examples of smart textile products
Table 166. Performance requirements for E-textiles
Table 167. Commercially available smart clothing products
Table 168. Types of smart textiles
Table 169. Comparison of E-textile fabrication methods
Table 170. Types of fabrics for the application of electronic textiles
Table 171. Methods for integrating conductive compounds
Table 172. Methods for integrating conductive yarn and conductive filament fiber
Table 173. 1D electronic fibers including the conductive materials, fabrication strategies, electrical conductivity, stretchability, and applications
Table 174. Conductive materials used in smart textiles, their electrical conductivity and percolation threshold
Table 175. Metal coated fibers and their mechanisms
Table 176. Applications of carbon nanomaterials and other nanomaterials in e-textiles
Table 177. Applications and benefits of graphene in textiles and apparel
Table 178. Properties of CNTs and comparable materials
Table 179. Properties of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN)
Table 180. Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications
Table 181. Typical conductive ink formulation
Table 182. Comparative properties of conductive inks
Table 183. Comparison of pros and cons of various types of conductive ink compositions
Table 184: Properties of CNTs and comparable materials
Table 185. Properties of graphene
Table 186. Electrical conductivity of different types of graphene
Table 187. Comparison of the electrical conductivities of liquid metal with typical conductive inks
Table 188. Nanocoatings applied in the smart textiles industry-type of coating, nanomaterials utilized, benefits and applications
Table 189. 3D printed shoes
Table 190. Sensors used in electronic textiles
Table 191. Features of flexible strain sensors with different structures
Table 192. Features of resistive and capacitive strain sensors
Table 193. Typical applications and markets for e-textiles
Table 194. Commercially available E-textiles and smart clothing products
Table 195. Example heated jacket products
Table 196. Heated Gloves Products
Table 197. Heated Insoles Products
Table 198. Heated jacket and clothing products
Table 199. Examples of materials used in flexible heaters and applications
Table 200. Wearable Electronic Therapeutics Products
Table 201. Smart Textiles/E-Textiles for Healthcare and Fitness
Table 202. Example wearable sensor products for monitoring sport performance
Table 203.Companies and products in smart footwear
Table 204. Commercial Applications of Wearable Displays
Table 205. Applications of Wearable Displays
Table 206. Wearable Electronics Applications in Military
Table 207. Smart Gloves Companies and Products
Table 208. Types of Power Supplies for Electronic Textiles
Table 209. Advantages and disadvantages of batteries for E-textiles
Table 210. Comparison of prototype batteries (flexible, textile, and other) in terms of area-specific performance
Table 211. Advantages and disadvantages of photovoltaic, piezoelectric, triboelectric, and thermoelectric energy harvesting in of e-textiles
Table 212. Teslasuit
Table 213. Global Market for E-Textiles and Smart Apparel Electronics, 2018-2036 (Million Units)
Table 214. Global Market for E-Textiles and Smart Apparel Electronics, 2018-2036 (Millions USD)
Table 215. Market and technical challenges for E-textiles and smart clothing
Table 216. Macro-trends in energy vstorage and harvesting for wearables
Table 217. Market drivers for Printed and flexible electronic energy storage, generation and harvesting
Table 218. Energy applications for printed/flexible electronics
Table 219. Comparison of Flexible and Traditional Lithium-Ion Batteries
Table 220. Material Choices for Flexible Battery Components
Table 221. Flexible Li-ion battery products
Table 222. Thin film vs bulk solid-state batteries
Table 223. Summary of fiber-shaped lithium-ion batteries
Table 224. Main components and properties of different printed battery types
Table 225, Types of printable current collectors and the materials commonly used
Table 226. Applications of printed batteries and their physical and electrochemical requirements
Table 227. 2D and 3D printing techniques
Table 228. Printing techniques applied to printed batteries
Table 229. Main components and corresponding electrochemical values of lithium-ion printed batteries
Table 230. Printing technique, main components and corresponding electrochemical values of printed batteries based on Zn-MnO2 and other battery types
Table 231. Main 3D Printing techniques for battery manufacturing
Table 232. Electrode Materials for 3D Printed Batteries
Table 233. Main Fabrication Techniques for Thin-Film Batteries
Table 234. Types of solid-state electrolytes
Table 235. Market segmentation and status for solid-state batteries
Table 236. Typical process chains for manufacturing key components and assembly of solid-state batteries
Table 237. Comparison between liquid and solid-state batteries
Table 238. Types of fiber-shaped batteries
Table 239. Components of transparent batteries
Table 240. Components of degradable batteries
Table 241. Types of fiber-shaped batteries
Table 242. Organic vs. Inorganic Solid-State Electrolytes
Table 243. Electrode designs in flexible lithium-ion batteries
Table 244. Packaging Procedures for Pouch Cells
Table 245. Performance Metrics and Characteristics for Printed and Flexible Batteries
Table 246. Methods for printing supercapacitors
Table 247. Electrode Materials for printed supercapacitors
Table 248. Electrolytes for printed supercapacitors
Table 249. Main properties and components of printed supercapacitors
Table 250. Conductive pastes for photovoltaics
Table 251. Companies commercializing thin film flexible photovoltaics
Table 252. Examples of materials used in flexible heaters and applications
Table 253. Transparent heaters for exterior lighting / sensors / windows
Table 254. Types of transparent heaters for automotive exterior applications
Table 255. Smart Window Applications of Transparent Heaters
Table 256. Applications of Printed and Flexible Fuel Cells
Table 257. Market challenges in printed and flexible electronics for energy
Table 258. Global market for printed and flexible energy storage, generation and harvesting electronics, 2020-2036 by type (Volume)
Table 259. Global market for printed and flexible energy storage, generation and harvesting electronics, 2020-2036, millions of US dollars
Table 260. 3DOM separator
Table 261. Battery performance test specifications of J. Flex batteries

List of Figures

Figure 1. Examples of flexible electronics devices
Figure 2. Evolution of electronics
Figure 3. Wearable technology inventions
Figure 4. Market map for wearable technology
Figure 5. Wove Band
Figure 6. Wearable graphene medical sensor
Figure 7. Stretchable transistor
Figure 8. Artificial skin prototype for gesture recognition
Figure 9. Applications of wearable flexible sensors worn on various body parts
Figure 10. Systemization of wearable electronic systems
Figure 11. Baby Monitor
Figure 12. Wearable health monitor incorporating graphene photodetectors
Figure 13. LG 77" transparent 4K OLED TV
Figure 14. 137-inch N1 foldable TV
Figure 15. Flex Note Extendable(TM)
Figure 16. Flex In & Out Flip
Figure 17. Garmin Instinct 3
Figure 18. Amazfit Active 2
Figure 19. Circular Ring 2
Figure 20. Frenz Brainband
Figure 21. Lingo wellness CGM
Figure 22. Bebird EarSight Flow
Figure 23. Traxcon printed lighting circuitry
Figure 24. Global Sensor Market Roadmap
Figure 25. Market Roadmap for Wrist-worn Wearables
Figure 26. Market Roadmap for Smart Bands
Figure 27. Market Roadmap for Smart Glasses
Figure 28. Market Roadmap for Smart Clothing and Accessories
Figure 29. Market Roadmap of Market Trends for Skin-Patches
Figure 30. Market Roadmap for Smart Rings
Figure 31.Market Roadmap for Hearables
Figure 32. Market Roadmap for Head Mounted Wearables
Figure 33. Roadmap for Wearable Optical Heart-rate Sensors
Figure 34. SWOT analysis for printed electronics
Figure 35. SWOT analysis for 3D electronics
Figure 36. SWOT analysis for analogue printing
Figure 37. SWOT analysis for digital printing
Figure 38. In-mold electronics prototype devices and products
Figure 39. SWOT analysis for In-Mold Electronics
Figure 40. SWOT analysis for R2R manufacturing
Figure 41. The molecular mechanism of the shape memory effect under different stimuli
Figure 42. Supercooled Soldering(TM) Technology
Figure 43. Reflow soldering schematic
Figure 44. Schematic diagram of induction heating reflow
Figure 45. Types of conductive inks and applications
Figure 46. Copper based inks on flexible substrate
Figure 47. SWOT analysis for Printable semiconductors
Figure 48. SWOT analysis for Printable sensor materials
Figure 49. RFID Tag with Nano Copper Antenna on Paper
Figure 50. SWOT analysis for flexible integrated circuits
Figure 51. Fully-printed organic thin-film transistors and circuitry on one-micron-thick polymer films
Figure 52. Flexible PCB
Figure 53. SWOT analysis for Flexible batteries
Figure 54. SWOT analysis for Flexible PV for energy harvesting
Figure 55. Roadmap of wearable sensor technology segmented by key biometrics
Figure 56. Wearable Technology Roadmap, by function
Figure 57. Actuator types
Figure 58. EmeTerm nausea relief wearable
Figure 59. Embr Wave for cooling and warming
Figure 60. dpl Wrist Wrap Light THerapy pain relief
Figure 61. Roadmap for Wrist-Worn Wearables
Figure 62. SWOT analysis for Wrist-worn wearables
Figure 63. FitBit Sense Watch
Figure 64. Wearable bio-fluid monitoring system for monitoring of hydration
Figure 65. Evolution of Ear-Worn Wearables
Figure 66. Nuheara IQbuds2 Max
Figure 67. HP Hearing PRO OTC Hearing Aid
Figure 68. SWOT analysis for Ear worn wearables (hearables)
Figure 69. Commercialization Timeline for Hearable Sensing Technologies
Figure 70. Roadmap of Market Trends for Hearables
Figure 71. Beddr SleepTuner
Figure 72. Global market for wearable consumer electronics 2020-2036 by type (Volume)
Figure 73. Global market revenues for wearable consumer electronics, 2018-2036, (millions USD)
Figure 74. The Apollo wearable device
Figure 75. Cyclops HMD
Figure 76. C2Sense sensors
Figure 77. Coachwhisperer device
Figure 78. Cogwear headgear
Figure 79. CardioWatch 287
Figure 80. FRENZ(TM) Brainband
Figure 81. NightOwl Home Sleep Apnea Test Device
Figure 82. GX Sweat Patch
Figure 83. eQ02+LIfeMontor
Figure 84. Cove wearable device
Figure 85. German bionic exoskeleton
Figure 86. UnlimitedHand
Figure 87. Apex Exosuit
Figure 88. Humanox Shin Guard
Figure 89. Airvida E1
Figure 90. Footrax
Figure 91. eMacula-R
Figure 92. G2 Pro
Figure 93. REFLEX
Figure 94. Ring ZERO
Figure 95. Mawi Heart Patch
Figure 96. Ayo wearable light therapy
Figure 97. Nowatch
Figure 98. ORII smart ring
Figure 99. Proxxi Voltage
Figure 100. RealWear HMT-1
Figure 101. Moonwalkers from Shift Robotics Inc
Figure 102. SnowCookie device
Figure 103. Soter device
Figure 104. Feelzing Energy Patch
Figure 105. Wiliot tags
Figure 106. Connected human body and product examples
Figure 107. Companies and products in wearable health monitoring and rehabilitation devices and products
Figure 108. Smart e-skin system comprising health-monitoring sensors, displays, and ultra flexible PLEDs
Figure 109. Graphene medical patch
Figure 110. Graphene-based E-skin patch
Figure 111. Enfucell wearable temperature tag
Figure 112. TempTraQ wearable wireless thermometer
Figure 113. Technologies for minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose detection
Figure 114. Schematic of non-invasive CGM sensor
Figure 115. Adhesive wearable CGM sensor
Figure 116. VitalPatch
Figure 117. Wearable ECG-textile
Figure 118. Wearable ECG recorder
Figure 119. Nexkin(TM)
Figure 120. Bloomlife
Figure 121. Nanowire skin hydration patch
Figure 122. NIX sensors
Figure 123. Wearable sweat sensor
Figure 124. Wearable graphene sweat sensor
Figure 125. Gatorade's GX Sweat Patch
Figure 126. Sweat sensor incorporated into face mask
Figure 127. D-mine Pump
Figure 128. Lab-on-Skin(TM)
Figure 129. My UV Patch
Figure 130. Overview layers of L'Oreal skin patch
Figure 131. Brilliantly Warm
Figure 132. Ava Fertility tracker
Figure 133. S9 Pro breast pump
Figure 134. Tempdrop
Figure 135. Digitsole Smartshoe
Figure 136. Schematic of smart wound dressing
Figure 137. REPAIR electronic patch concept. Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Figure 138. ABENA Nova smart diaper
Figure 139. Honda Walking Assist
Figure 140. ABLE Exoskeleton
Figure 141. ANGEL-LEGS-M10
Figure 142. AGADEXO Shoulder
Figure 143. Enyware
Figure 144. AWN-12 occupational powered hip exoskeleton
Figure 145. CarrySuit passive upper-body exoskeleton
Figure 146. Axosuit lower body medical exoskeleton
Figure 147. FreeGait
Figure 148. InMotion Arm
Figure 149. Biomotum SPARK
Figure 150. PowerWalk energy
Figure 151. Keeogo(TM)
Figure 152. MATE-XT
Figure 153. CDYS passive shoulder support exoskeleton
Figure 154. ALDAK
Figure 155. HAL-R Lower Limb
Figure 156. DARWING PA
Figure 157. Dephy ExoBoot
Figure 158. EksoNR
Figure 159. Emovo Assist
Figure 160. HAPO
Figure 161. Atlas passive modular exoskeleton
Figure 162. ExoAtlet II
Figure 163. ExoHeaver
Figure 164. Exy ONE
Figure 165. ExoArm
Figure 166. ExoMotus
Figure 167. Gloreha Sinfonia
Figure 168. BELK Knee Exoskeleton
Figure 169. Apex exosuit
Figure 170. Honda Walking Assist
Figure 171. BionicBack
Figure 172. Muscle Suit
Figure 173.Japet.W powered exoskeleton
Figure 174.Ski~Mojo
Figure 175. AIRFRAME passive shoulder
Figure 176.FORTIS passive tool holding exoskeleton
Figure 177. Integrated Soldier Exoskeleton (UPRISE-R)
Figure 178.UNILEXA passive exoskeleton
Figure 179.HandTutor
Figure 180.MyoPro-R
Figure 181.Myosuit
Figure 182. archelis wearable chair
Figure 183.Chairless Chair
Figure 184.Indego
Figure 185. Polyspine
Figure 186. Hercule powered lower body exoskeleton
Figure 187. ReStore Soft Exo-Suit
Figure 188. Hand of Hope
Figure 189. REX powered exoskeleton
Figure 190. Elevate Ski Exoskeleton
Figure 191. UGO210 exoskeleton
Figure 192. EsoGLOVE Pro
Figure 193. Roki
Figure 194. Powered Clothing
Figure 195. Againer shock absorbing exoskeleton
Figure 196. EasyWalk Assistive Soft Exoskeleton Walker
Figure 197. Skel-Ex
Figure 198. EXO-H3 lower limbs robotic exoskeleton
Figure 199. Ikan Tilta Max Armor-Man 2
Figure 200. AMADEO hand and finger robotic rehabilitation device
Figure 201.Atalante autonomous lower-body exoskeleton
Figure 202. Global Market for Wearable Medical & Healthcare Electronics 2020-2036 (Million Units)
Figure 203. Global market for Wearable medical & healthcare electronics, 2020-2036, millions of US dollars
Figure 204. Libre 3
Figure 205. Libre Sense Glucose Sport Biowearable
Figure 206. AcuPebble SA100
Figure 207. Vitalgram-R
Figure 208. Alertgy NICGM wristband
Figure 209. ALLEVX
Figure 210. Gastric Alimetry
Figure 211. Alva Health stroke monitor
Figure 212. amofit S
Figure 213. MIT and Amorepacific's chip-free skin sensor
Figure 214. Sigi(TM) Insulin Management System
Figure 215. The Apollo wearable device
Figure 216. Apos3
Figure 217. Artemis is smart clothing system
Figure 218. KneeStim
Figure 219. PaciBreath
Figure 220. Structure of Azalea Vision's smart contact lens
Figure 221. Belun-R Ring
Figure 222. Neuronaute wearable
Figure 223. biped.ai device
Figure 224. circul+ smart ring
Figure 225. Cala Trio
Figure 226. BioSleeve-R
Figure 227. Cognito's gamma stimulation device
Figure 228. Cogwear Headband
Figure 229. First Relief
Figure 230. Jewel Patch Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Figure 231. enFuse
Figure 232. EOPatch
Figure 233. Epilog
Figure 234. FloPatch
Figure 2. The Happy Ring
Figure 235. Hinge Health wearable therapy devices
Figure 236. MYSA - 'Relax Shirt'
Figure 237. Atusa system
Figure 238. Kenzen ECHO Smart Patch
Figure 239. The Kernel Flow headset
Figure 240. KnowU(TM)
Figure 241. LifeSpan patch
Figure 242. Mawi Heart Patch
Figure 243. WalkAid
Figure 244. Monarch(TM) Wireless Wearable Biosensor
Figure 245. Modoo device
Figure 246. Munevo Drive
Figure 247. Electroskin integration schematic
Figure 248. Modius Sleep wearable device
Figure 249. Neuphony Headband
Figure 250. Nix Biosensors patch
Figure 1. Slanj device
Figure 251. Otolith wearable device
Figure 252. Peerbridge Cor
Figure 253. Point Fit Technology skin patch
Figure 254. Sylvee 1.0
Figure 255. RootiRx
Figure 256. Sylvee 1.0
Figure 257. Sibel's ADAM(TM) sensor
Figure 258. Silvertree Reach
Figure 259. Smardii smart diaper
Figure 260. Subcuject
Figure 261. Nerivio
Figure 262. Feelzing Energy Patch
Figure 263. Ultrahuman wearable glucose monitor
Figure 264. Vaxxas patch
Figure 265. S-Patch Ex
Figure 266. Zeit Medical Wearable Headband
Figure 267. Evolution of Smart Eyewear
Figure 268. Engo Eyewear
Figure 269. Lenovo ThinkReality A3
Figure 270. Magic Leap 1
Figure 271. Microsoft HoloLens 2
Figure 272. OPPO Air Glass AR
Figure 273. Snap Spectacles AR (4th gen)
Figure 274. Vuzix Blade Upgraded
Figure 275. NReal Light MR smart glasses
Figure 276. Schematic for configuration of full colour microLED display
Figure 277. BOE glass-based backplane process
Figure 278. MSI curved quantum dot miniLED display
Figure 279. Nanolumi Chameleon-R G Film in LED/LCD Monitor
Figure 280. Vuzix microLED microdisplay Smart Glasses
Figure 281. Pixels per inch roadmap of micrometer-LED displays from 2007 to 2019
Figure 282. Mass transfer for micrometerLED chips
Figure 283. Schematic diagram of mass transfer technologies
Figure 284. Comparison of microLED with other display technologies
Figure 285. Lextar 10.6 inch transparent microLED display
Figure 286. Transition to borderless design
Figure 287. Mojo Vision smart contact lens with an embedded MicroLED display
Figure 288. Global Market for VR/AR/MR Gaming and Entertainment Wearable Technology, 2018-2036 (Million Units)
Figure 289. Global Market for VR/AR/MR Gaming and Entertainment Wearable Technology, 2018-2036 (Millions USD)
Figure 290. Skinetic vest
Figure 291. IntelliPix(TM) design for 0.26" 1080p microLED display
Figure 292. Dapeng DPVR P1 Pro 4k VR all-in-one VR glasses
Figure 293. Vive Focus 3 VR headset Wrist Tracker
Figure 294. Huawei smart glasses
Figure 295. Jade Bird Display micro displays
Figure 296. JBD's 0.13-inch panel
Figure 297. 0.22" Monolithic full colour microLED panel and inset shows a conceptual monolithic polychrome projector with a waveguide
Figure 298. Kura Technologies' AR Glasses
Figure 299. Smart contact lenses schematic
Figure 300. OQmented technology for AR smart glasses
Figure 301. VISIRIUM-R Technology smart glasses prototype
Figure 302. SenseGlove Nova
Figure 303. MeganeX
Figure 304. A micro-display with a stacked-RGB pixel array, where each pixel is an RGB-emitting stacked microLED device (left). The micro-display showing a video of fireworks at night, demonstrating the full-colour capability (right). N.B. Areas around the display
Figure 305. JioGlass mixed reality glasses type headset
Figure 306. Vuzix uLED display engine
Figure 307. Xiaomi Smart Glasses
Figure 308. SWOT analysis for printed, flexible and hybrid electronics in E-textiles
Figure 309. Timeline of the different generations of electronic textiles
Figure 310. Examples of each generation of electronic textiles
Figure 311. Conductive yarns
Figure 312. Electronics integration in textiles: (a) textile-adapted, (b) textile-integrated (c) textile-basd
Figure 313. Stretchable polymer encapsulation microelectronics on textiles
Figure 314. Wove Band
Figure 315. Wearable graphene medical sensor
Figure 316. Conductive yarns
Figure 317. Classification of conductive materials and process technology
Figure 318. Structure diagram of Ti3C2Tx
Figure 319. Structure of hexagonal boron nitride
Figure 320. BN nanosheet textiles application
Figure 321. SEM image of cotton fibers with PEDOT:PSS coating
Figure 322. Schematic of inkjet-printed processes
Figure 323: Silver nanocomposite ink after sintering and resin bonding of discrete electronic components
Figure 324. Schematic summary of the formulation of silver conductive inks
Figure 325. Copper based inks on flexible substrate
Figure 326: Schematic of single-walled carbon nanotube
Figure 327. Stretchable SWNT memory and logic devices for wearable electronics
Figure 328. Graphene layer structure schematic
Figure 329. BGT Materials graphene ink product
Figure 330. PCM cooling vest
Figure 331. SMPU-treated cotton fabrics
Figure 332. Schematics of DIAPLEX membrane
Figure 333. SMP energy storage textiles
Figure 334. Nike x Acronym Blazer Sneakers
Figure 335. Adidas 3D Runner Pump
Figure 336. Under Armour Archi-TechFuturist
Figure 337. Reebok Reebok Liquid Speed
Figure 338. Radiate sports vest
Figure 339. Adidas smart insole
Figure 340. Applications of E-textiles
Figure 341. EXO2 Stormwalker 2 Heated Jacket
Figure 342. Flexible polymer-based heated glove, sock and slipper
Figure 343. ThermaCell Rechargeable Heated Insoles
Figure 344. Myant sleeve tracks biochemical indicators in sweat
Figure 345. Flexible polymer-based therapeutic products
Figure 346. iStimUweaR
Figure 347. Digitsole Smartshoe
Figure 348. Basketball referee Royole fully flexible display
Figure 349. A mechanical glove, Robo-Glove, with pressure sensors and other sensors jointly developed by General Motors and NASA
Figure 350. Power supply mechanisms for electronic textiles and wearables
Figure 351. Micro-scale energy scavenging techniques
Figure 352. Schematic illustration of the fabrication concept for textile-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made by sewing textile electrodes onto cloth or paper
Figure 353. 3D printed piezoelectric material
Figure 354. Application of electronic textiles in AR/VR
Figure 355. Global Market for E-Textiles and Smart Apparel Electronics, 2018-2036 (Million Units)
Figure 356. Global Market for E-Textiles and Smart Apparel Electronics, 2018-2036 (Millions USD)
Figure 357. BioMan+
Figure 358. EXO Glove
Figure 359. LED hooded jacket
Figure 360. Heated element module
Figure 361. Carhartt X-1 Smart Heated Vest
Figure 362. Cionic Neural Sleeve
Figure 363. Graphene dress. The dress changes colour in sync with the wearer's breathing
Figure 364. Descante Solar Thermo insulated jacket
Figure 365. G+ Graphene Aero Jersey
Figure 366. HiFlex strain/pressure sensor
Figure 367. KiTT motion tracking knee sleeve
Figure 368. Healables app-controlled electrotherapy device
Figure 369. LumeoLoop device
Figure 370. Electroskin integration schematic
Figure 371. Nextiles' compression garments
Figure 372. Nextiles e-fabric
Figure 373 .Nuada
Figure 374. Palarum PUP smart socks
Figure 375. Smardii smart diaper
Figure 376. Softmatter compression garment
Figure 377. Softmatter sports bra with a woven ECG sensor
Figure 378. MoCap Pro Glove
Figure 379. Teslasuit
Figure 380. ZOZOFIT wearable at-home 3D body scanner
Figure 381. YouCare smart shirt
Figure 382. SWOT analysis for printed, flexible and hybrid electronics in energy
Figure 383. Examples of Flexible batteries on the market
Figure 384. Stretchable lithium-ion battery for flexible electronics
Figure 385. Loomia E-textile
Figure 386. BrightVolt battery
Figure 387. ProLogium solid-state technology
Figure 388. Amprius Li-ion batteries
Figure 389. MOLEX thin-film battery
Figure 390. Flexible batteries on the market
Figure 391. Various architectures for flexible and stretchable electrochemical energy storage
Figure 392. Types of flexible batteries
Figure 393. Materials and design structures in flexible lithium ion batteries
Figure 394. Flexible/stretchable LIBs with different structures
Figure 395. a-c) Schematic illustration of coaxial (a), twisted (b), and stretchable (c) LIBs
Figure 396. a) Schematic illustration of the fabrication of the superstretchy LIB based on an MWCNT/LMO composite fiber and an MWCNT/LTO composite fiber. b,c) Photograph (b) and the schematic illustration (c) of a stretchable fiber-shaped battery under stretching conditions. d) Schematic illustration of the spring-like stretchable LIB. e) SEM images of a fiberat different strains. f) Evolution of specific capacitance with strain. d-f)
Figure 397. Origami disposable battery
Figure 398. Zn-MnO2 batteries produced by Brightvolt
Figure 399. Various applications of printed paper batteries
Figure 400.Schematic representation of the main components of a battery
Figure 401. Schematic of a printed battery in a sandwich cell architecture, where the anode and cathode of the battery are stacked together
Figure 402. Sakuu's Swift Print 3D-printed solid-state battery cells
Figure 403. Manufacturing Processes for Conventional Batteries (I), 3D Microbatteries (II), and 3D-Printed Batteries (III)
Figure 404. Examples of applications of thin film batteries
Figure 405. Capacities and voltage windows of various cathode and anode materials
Figure 406. Traditional lithium-ion battery (left), solid state battery (right)
Figure 407. Stretchable lithium-air battery for wearable electronics
Figure 408. Ag-Zn batteries produced by Imprint Energy
Figure 409. Transparent batteries
Figure 410. Degradable batteries
Figure 411 . Fraunhofer IFAM printed electrodes
Figure 412. Ragone plots of diverse batteries and the commonly used electronics powered by flexible batteries
Figure 413. Schematic of the structure of stretchable LIBs
Figure 414. Electrochemical performance of materials in flexible LIBs
Figure 415. Main printing methods for supercapacitors
Figure 416. Schematic illustration of the fabrication concept for textile-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made by sewing textile electrodes onto cloth or paper
Figure 417. Origami-like silicon solar cells
Figure 418. Schematic illustration of the fabrication concept for textile-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made by sewing textile electrodes onto cloth or paper
Figure 419. Concept of microwave-transparent heaters for automotive radars
Figure 420. Defrosting and defogging transparent heater applications
Figure 421. Global market for printed and flexible energy storage, generation and harvesting electronics, 2020-2036 by type (Volume)
Figure 422. Global market for printed and flexible energy storage, generation and harvesting electronics, 2020-2036, millions of US dollars
Figure 423. 3DOM battery
Figure 424. AC biode prototype
Figure 425. Ampcera's all-ceramic dense solid-state electrolyte separator sheets (25 um thickness, 50mm x 100mm size, flexible and defect free, room temperature ionic conductivity ~1 mA/cm)
Figure 426. Ateios thin-film, printed battery
Figure 427. 3D printed lithium-ion battery
Figure 428. TempTraq wearable patch
Figure 429. SoftBattery-R
Figure 430. Roll-to-roll equipment working with ultrathin steel substrate
Figure 431. TAeTTOOz printable battery materials
Figure 432. Exeger Powerfoyle
Figure 433. 2D paper batteries
Figure 434. 3D Custom Format paper batteries
Figure 435. Hitachi Zosen solid-state battery
Figure 436. Ilika solid-state batteries
Figure 437. TAeTTOOz printable battery materials
Figure 438. LiBEST flexible battery
Figure 439. 3D solid-state thin-film battery technology
Figure 440. Schematic illustration of three-chamber system for SWCNH production
Figure 441. TEM images of carbon nanobrush
Figure 442. Printed Energy flexible battery
Figure 443. Printed battery
Figure 444. ProLogium solid-state battery
Figure 445. Sakuu Corporation 3Ah Lithium Metal Solid-state Battery
Figure 446. Samsung SDI's sixth-generation prismatic batteries
Figure 447. Grepow flexible battery

The wearable technology landscape has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from simple fitness trackers to sophisticated devices that seamlessly integrate into our daily lives. This rapidly expanding sector is reshaping how we monitor health, interact with digital information, and enhance our productivity, driven by innovations that blur the lines between technology and fashion. Modern wearables have transcended basic step counting to become comprehensive health monitoring systems. Wearable devices provide information on heartbeat monitoring, quality of sleep, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, oxygen levels, calorie burn, and other information required to keep track of health on a daily basis.

Recent breakthroughs in sensor technology have enabled continuous monitoring capabilities that were previously confined to clinical settings. Blood pressure monitoring has traditionally been a clinical procedure. However, wearables are now offering continuous, non-invasive blood pressure tracking. This advancement represents a paradigm shift toward preventive healthcare, allowing users to receive real-time alerts about potentially dangerous health conditions before they become critical.

One of the most significant trends reshaping the industry is the emergence of ultra-discreet devices, particularly smart rings. One of the biggest trends in 2025 is the push toward minimalism and functionality, particularly with smart rings, which are increasingly becoming the next must-have wearable. These tiny yet powerful devices challenge the dominance of traditional smartwatches by offering comprehensive health tracking in a form factor that resembles everyday jewelry. Smart rings now track heart rate, steps, sleep, and even blood oxygen levels. They provide subtle notifications, allowing users to stay connected without looking at a screen. The appeal lies in their ability to provide continuous monitoring without the bulk or visual distraction of larger devices. Leading brands like Oura, Samsung, and Ultrahuman are driving innovation in this space, with features extending to contactless payments and smart home control.

The integration of artificial intelligence has transformed wearables from passive data collectors to intelligent personal assistants. With AI, wearables now adapt to individual user needs. These devices learn from user data to predict behavior and offer personalized experiences. This evolution enables wearables to provide actionable insights rather than raw data, helping users make informed decisions about their health and lifestyle. In 2024, Realme launched its Realme Watch S2, enabled with AI assistant powered by ChatGPT, which distinguishes this watch from other smartwatches by delivering intelligent answers and assistance directly on the wrist . This represents a broader trend toward conversational interfaces that make technology more accessible and intuitive.

Perhaps the most transformative development in wearables is the maturation of augmented reality glasses. AR wearables have long been seen as the future of interactive tech, but adoption has remained slow up until now due to high costs, clunky designs, and limited real-world uses. However, 2025 is shaping up to be the year when AR glasses and mixed-reality headsets take a significant leap. Major technology companies are investing heavily in making AR glasses more practical and stylish. Meta's collaboration with Ray-Ban has produced smart glasses that seamlessly blend fashion with functionality. The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are by far the best AI wearable we've tested, and even on the AI's off-days (or when they're out of charge) the glasses will always be an exceptionally stylish pair of sunglasses. These devices are moving beyond entertainment applications to become powerful productivity tools. Office workers can use AR glasses for immersive meetings, multi-screen computing, and real-time task management, reducing their dependence on traditional displays. In industrial settings, AR wearables are proving valuable for training, remote assistance, and on-the-job guidance.

The convergence of technology and fashion is creating new opportunities for wearable adoption. Tech brands are partnering with fashion designers to make wearables more stylish. Smart rings, bracelets, and fabrics will be designed not just for performance-but also for aesthetics. This trend addresses one of the primary barriers to wearable adoption: the reluctance to wear devices that look overtly technological. Smart textiles and flexible electronics are emerging as new frontiers, promising wearables that conform naturally to the human body. Future developments might include: Flexible and stretchable devices: Wearables that conform to the human body for ultimate comfort. These innovations could lead to entirely new categories of wearables integrated into clothing and accessories.

Wearables are increasingly serving as gateways to digital services, particularly in commerce and smart home control. Contactless payment devices like NFC-enabled rings and bands are replacing wallets. Expect broader adoption of secure, wearable payment tech integrated with banking apps. This functionality transforms wearables from monitoring devices into essential tools for daily interactions.

Despite rapid advancement, the wearable industry faces significant challenges. Privacy and data security concerns remain paramount as devices collect increasingly sensitive biometric information. Battery life continues to be a limiting factor, particularly for feature-rich devices like AR glasses. Additionally, the industry must address sustainability concerns as the number of connected devices grows exponentially. The future promises even more ambitious innovations. Advanced biometrics: Wearables capable of detecting diseases or infections early could revolutionize preventive medicine. Implantable devices may offer continuous monitoring without the need for external hardware, though they raise new questions about privacy and bodily autonomy.

"The Global Wearable Technology Market 2026-2036" is a comprehensive 1,200-page market report providing an exhaustive analysis of the wearable technology ecosystem from 2026 to 2036, offering unprecedented insights into market dynamics, emerging technologies, and future growth opportunities across consumer electronics, medical applications, and industrial sectors. As the industry evolves beyond traditional fitness trackers and smartwatches, new form factors including smart rings, AR glasses, electronic textiles, and flexible sensors are reshaping market landscapes. This report delivers critical intelligence on market drivers, technological innovations, competitive positioning, and regulatory challenges that will define the next decade of wearable technology development.

Our in-depth analysis covers flexible and stretchable electronics, advanced materials including graphene and MXenes, energy harvesting solutions, and breakthrough manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing and roll-to-roll processing. With detailed company profiles of over 700 industry leaders and emerging players, comprehensive market forecasts, and technology roadmaps, this report serves as an essential resource for investors, manufacturers, healthcare providers, and technology developers seeking to capitalize on the $500+ billion wearable technology opportunity.

Report contents include:

Market Leadership Analysis: Comprehensive evaluation of market leaders by segment and shipment volume
Continuous Monitoring Trends: Real-time health tracking capabilities and remote patient monitoring evolution
Market Mapping: Complete ecosystem mapping of wearable electronics and sensor technologies
Flexible Electronics Transition: From rigid circuit boards to stretchable, conformable electronic systems
- Artificial Skin Development: Emerging technologies for gesture recognition and tactile sensing
Metaverse Integration: Role of wearables in virtual and augmented reality ecosystems
Textile Industry Convergence: Integration of electronics into traditional textile manufacturing
Advanced Materials Innovation: Graphene, carbon nanotubes, and next-generation conductive materials
Market Growth Projections: Detailed forecasts for flexible and stretchable electronics segments
Investment Analysis: Funding trends, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships 2019-2025
Sustainability Initiatives: Environmental impact and circular economy approaches
Technology Analysis:
- Wearable Technology Definitions: Comprehensive classification and sensing capabilities overview
- Form Factor Evolution: Smart watches, bands, glasses, clothing, patches, rings, hearables, and head-mounted devices
- Advanced Sensor Technologies: Motion sensors, optical sensors, force sensors, strain sensors, chemical sensors, biosensors, and quantum sensors
- Cutting-Edge Manufacturing: Printed electronics, 3D electronics, digital/analog printing, in-mold electronics, and roll-to-roll processing
- Materials Innovation: Conductive inks, printable semiconductors, flexible substrates, thin-film batteries, and energy harvesting solutions
- Component Integration: Flexible ICs, printed PCBs, sustainable materials, and bio-compatible solutions
Consumer Electronics Market Analysis:
- Market Drivers: Health consciousness, IoT integration, and lifestyle enhancement trends
- Wearable Sensors: Comprehensive analysis of sensor types, technologies, and market opportunities
- Consumer Acceptance: Adoption patterns, user preferences, and behavioral insights
- Wrist-Worn Devices: Smartwatches, fitness trackers, and health monitoring innovations
- Advanced Biometric Sensing: Blood pressure monitoring, glucose tracking, and respiratory analysis
- Sports & Fitness Applications: Performance optimization and real-time coaching systems
- Hearables Market: Audio enhancement, hearing assistance, and biometric monitoring capabilities
- Sleep Technology: Smart rings, headbands, and comprehensive sleep analysis systems
- Emerging Segments: Pet wearables, military applications, and industrial monitoring solutions
- Market Forecasts: Volume and revenue projections by product category 2026-2036
- Competitive Landscape: Detailed profiles of 131 leading companies and emerging players
Medical & Healthcare Applications:
- Digital Health Revolution: Regulatory frameworks and clinical validation requirements
- Electronic Skin Patches: Electrochemical biosensors, temperature monitoring, and drug delivery systems
- Glucose Monitoring: Continuous monitoring technologies, minimally-invasive sensors, and market outlook
- Cardiovascular Monitoring: ECG sensors, PPG technology, and remote cardiac care solutions
- Specialized Applications: Pregnancy monitoring, hydration tracking, and sweat analysis systems
- Wearable Robotics: Exoskeletons, prosthetics, and rehabilitation technologies
- Smart Healthcare Devices: Contact lenses, wound care, digital therapeutics, and femtech innovations
- Market Projections: Healthcare wearables volume and revenue forecasts through 2036
- Regulatory Challenges: FDA approval processes, data privacy, and clinical trial requirements
- Company Analysis: 341 detailed profiles of medical device manufacturers and technology innovators
Gaming, Entertainment & AR/VR Technologies:
- Extended Reality Evolution: VR, AR, MR, and XR technology classifications and applications
- Display Technologies: OLED microdisplays, miniLED, microLED, and transparent display innovations
- Optical Systems: Combiners, waveguides, and advanced lens technologies for immersive experiences
- Motion Tracking: Controllers, sensing systems, and spatial computing capabilities
- Market Forecasts: Gaming and entertainment wearables growth projections 2026-2036
- Industry Players: 96 company profiles covering major platforms and emerging technologies
Electronic Textiles & Smart Apparel:
- Market Transformation: Integration of electronics into traditional textile manufacturing
- Manufacturing Innovation: Conductive yarns, inks, polymers, and advanced materials integration
- Applications Portfolio: Temperature regulation, therapeutic products, sports performance, and military applications
- Power Solutions: Energy harvesting, flexible batteries, and wireless charging technologies
- Market Forecasts: E-textiles volume and revenue projections with detailed segmentation
- Industry Analysis: 152 company profiles spanning textile manufacturers and technology providers
Energy Storage & Harvesting Solutions:
- Battery Innovation: Flexible lithium-ion, printed batteries, solid-state technologies, and stretchable power systems
- Energy Harvesting: Photovoltaics, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, and triboelectric energy generation
- Manufacturing Techniques: 3D printing, roll-to-roll processing, and advanced fabrication methods
- Performance Metrics: Energy density, power density, cycle life, and flexibility characteristics
- Market Projections: Energy solutions market sizing and growth forecasts
- Technology Leaders: 45 detailed company profiles covering battery manufacturers and energy harvesting innovators
Market Intelligence & Strategic Analysis:
- Technology Roadmaps: 10-year development timelines for key wearable categories
- Investment Landscape: Venture capital trends, merger & acquisition activity, and strategic partnerships
- Regional Analysis: Market development across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and emerging markets
- Competitive Dynamics: Market share analysis, pricing strategies, and competitive positioning
- Regulatory Environment: Standards development, safety requirements, and international compliance
- Supply Chain Analysis: Component sourcing, manufacturing locations, and logistics considerations
- Risk Assessment: Technology risks, market risks, and regulatory challenges
- Strategic Recommendations: Market entry strategies, investment priorities, and growth opportunities

The report profiles >700 companies across the wearable technology value chain, from component manufacturers to end-product developers. It provides detailed analysis of market leaders and innovative startups advancing the field through technological breakthroughs and novel applications. Companies profiled include Abbott Diabetes Care, AIKON Health, Artinis Medical Systems, Biobeat Technologies, Biosency, BLOOM43, Bosch Sensortec, Cala Health, Cerca Magnetics, Cosinuss, Datwyler, Dexcom, DigiLens, Dispelix, Doublepoint, EarSwitch, Emteq Limited, Epicore Biosystems, Equivital, HTC, IDUN Technologies, IQE, Infi-Tex, Jade Bird Display, Know Labs, Kokoon, Lenovo, LetinAR, Liquid Wire, Lumus, Lynx, Mateligent GmbH, MICLEDI, MICROOLED, Mojo Vision, Nanoleq, Nanusens, NeuroFusion, Oorym, Optinvent, OQmented, Orpyx, Ostendo Technologies, Output Sports, PKVitality, PragmatIC, PROPHESEE, Pulsetto, Quantune, RayNeo (TCL), Raynergy Tek, Rebee Health, Rhaeos Inc, Sefar, Segotia, Sony, STMicroelectronics, StretchSense, Tacterion, TDK, Teveri, The Metaverse Standards Forum, TriLite Technologies, TruLife Optics, UNA Watch, Valencell, Vitality, VitreaLab, VividQ, Wearable Devices Ltd., WHOOP, Wisear, Withings Health Solutions, XSensio, Xpanceo, Zero Point Motion, Zimmer and Peacock and more......

This comprehensive report combines quantitative market data with qualitative insights, featuring over 400 figures and tables, detailed SWOT analyses, and expert commentary on emerging trends. Essential for stakeholders across the wearable technology value chain seeking to understand market dynamics and capitalize on growth opportunities in this rapidly evolving industry.

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1. The evolution of electronics
1.2. The wearables revolution
1.3. The wearable technology market
1.4. Wearable market leaders
1.5. Continuous monitoring
1.6. Key trends in wearable technology
- 1.6.1. The Rise of Biointegrated Computing
- 1.6.2. Neural Interface Evolution and Brain-Computer Symbiosis
- 1.6.3. Ambient and Invisible Computing Integration
- 1.6.4. Precision Health and Predictive Analytics
- 1.6.5. Extended Reality and Spatial Computing
- 1.6.6. Emotional and Mental State Monitoring
- 1.6.7. Sustainable and Biodegradable Wearables
- 1.6.8. Collective Intelligence and Swarm Computing
- 1.6.9. Advanced Materials and Flexible Electronics
- 1.6.10. Privacy-Preserving and Edge Computing
- 1.6.11. Integration with Smart Environments
1.7. Market map for wearable electronics and sensors
1.8. From rigid to flexible and stretchable
1.9. Flexible and stretchable electronics in wearables
1.10. Stretchable artificial skin
1.11. Role in the metaverse
1.12. Wearable electronics in the textiles industry
1.13. New conductive materials
1.14. Entertainment
1.15. Growth in flexible and stretchable electronics market
- 1.15.1. Recent growth in Printed, flexible and stretchable products
- 1.15.2. Future growth
- 1.15.3. Advanced materials as a market driver
- 1.15.4. Growth in remote health monitoring and diagnostics
1.16. Innovations at CES 2021-2025
1.17. Investment funding and buy-outs 2019-2025
1.18. Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE)
1.19. Sustainability in wearable technology

2. INTRODUCTION

2.1. Introduction
- 2.1.1. What is wearable technology?
  - 2.1.1.1. Wearable sensing
    - 2.1.1.1.1. Types
    - 2.1.1.1.2. Market trends in wearable sensors
    - 2.1.1.1.3. Markets
2.2. Form factors
- 2.2.1. Smart Watches
- 2.2.2. Smart Bands
- 2.2.3. Smart Glasses
- 2.2.4. Smart Clothing
- 2.2.5. Smart Patches
- 2.2.6. Smart Rings
- 2.2.7. Hearables
- 2.2.8. Head-Mounted
- 2.2.9. Smart Insoles
2.3. Wearable sensors
- 2.3.1. Motion Sensors
  - 2.3.1.1. Overview
  - 2.3.1.2. Technology and Components
    - 2.3.1.2.1. Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs)
      - 2.3.1.2.1.1. MEMs accelerometers
      - 2.3.1.2.1.2. MEMS Gyroscopes
      - 2.3.1.2.1.3. IMUs in smart-watches
    - 2.3.1.2.2. Tunneling magnetoresistance sensors (TMR)
  - 2.3.1.3. Applications
- 2.3.2. Optical Sensors
  - 2.3.2.1. Overview
  - 2.3.2.2. Technology and Components
    - 2.3.2.2.1. Photoplethysmography (PPG)
    - 2.3.2.2.2. Spectroscopy
    - 2.3.2.2.3. Photodetectors
  - 2.3.2.3. Applications
    - 2.3.2.3.1. Heart Rate Optical Sensors
    - 2.3.2.3.2. Pulse Oximetry Optical Sensors
      - 2.3.2.3.2.1. Blood oxygen measurement
      - 2.3.2.3.2.2. Wellness and Medical Applications
      - 2.3.2.3.2.3. Consumer Pulse Oximetry
      - 2.3.2.3.2.4. Pediatric Applications
      - 2.3.2.3.2.5. Skin Patches
    - 2.3.2.3.3. Blood Pressure Optical Sensors
      - 2.3.2.3.3.1. Commercialization
      - 2.3.2.3.3.2. Oscillometric blood pressure measurement
      - 2.3.2.3.3.3. Combination of PPG and ECG
      - 2.3.2.3.3.4. Non-invasive Blood Pressure Sensing
      - 2.3.2.3.3.5. Blood Pressure Hearables
    - 2.3.2.3.4. Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring Optical Sensors
      - 2.3.2.3.4.1. Overview
      - 2.3.2.3.4.2. Other Optical Approaches
    - 2.3.2.3.5. fNIRS Optical Sensors
      - 2.3.2.3.5.1. Overview
      - 2.3.2.3.5.2. Brain-Computer Interfaces
- 2.3.3. Force Sensors
  - 2.3.3.1. Overview
    - 2.3.3.1.1. Piezoresistive force sensing
    - 2.3.3.1.2. Thin film pressure sensors
  - 2.3.3.2. Technology and Components
    - 2.3.3.2.1. Materials
    - 2.3.3.2.2. Piezoelectric polymers
    - 2.3.3.2.3. Temperature sensing and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) integration
    - 2.3.3.2.4. Wearable force and pressure sensors
- 2.3.4. Strain Sensors
  - 2.3.4.1. Overview
  - 2.3.4.2. Technology and Components
  - 2.3.4.3. Applications
    - 2.3.4.3.1. Healthcare
    - 2.3.4.3.2. Wearable Strain Sensors
    - 2.3.4.3.3. Temperature Sensors
- 2.3.5. Chemical Sensors
  - 2.3.5.1. Overview
  - 2.3.5.2. Optical Chemical Sensors
  - 2.3.5.3. Technology and Components
    - 2.3.5.3.1. Continuous Glucose Monitoring
    - 2.3.5.3.2. Commercial CGM systems
  - 2.3.5.4. Applications
    - 2.3.5.4.1. Sweat-based glucose monitoring
    - 2.3.5.4.2. Tear glucose measurement
    - 2.3.5.4.3. Salivary glucose monitoring
    - 2.3.5.4.4. Breath analysis for glucose monitoring
    - 2.3.5.4.5. Urine glucose monitoring
- 2.3.6. Biosensors
  - 2.3.6.1. Overview
  - 2.3.6.2. Applications
    - 2.3.6.2.1. Wearable Alcohol Sensors
    - 2.3.6.2.2. Wearable Lactate Sensors
    - 2.3.6.2.3. Wearable Hydration Sensors
    - 2.3.6.2.4. Smart diaper technology
    - 2.3.6.2.5. Ultrasound technology
    - 2.3.6.2.6. Microneedle technology for continuous fluid sampling
- 2.3.7. Quantum Sensors
  - 2.3.7.1. Magnetometry
  - 2.3.7.2. Tunneling magnetoresistance sensors
  - 2.3.7.3. Chip-scale atomic clocks
- 2.3.8. Wearable Electrodes
  - 2.3.8.1. Overview
  - 2.3.8.2. Applications
    - 2.3.8.2.1. Skin Patches and E-textiles
  - 2.3.8.3. Technology and Components
    - 2.3.8.3.1. Electrode Selection
    - 2.3.8.3.2. E-textiles
    - 2.3.8.3.3. Microneedle electrodes
    - 2.3.8.3.4. Electronic Skins
  - 2.3.8.4. Applications
    - 2.3.8.4.1. Electrocardiogram (ECG) wearable electrodes
    - 2.3.8.4.2. Electroencephalography (EEG) wearable electrodes represent
    - 2.3.8.4.3. Electromyography (EMG) wearable electrodes
    - 2.3.8.4.4. Bioimpedance wearable electrodes

3. MANUFACTURING METHODS

3.1. Comparative analysis
3.2. Printed electronics
- 3.2.1. Technology description
- 3.2.2. SWOT analysis
3.3. 3D electronics
- 3.3.1. Technology description
- 3.3.2. SWOT analysis
3.4. Analogue printing
- 3.4.1. Technology description
- 3.4.2. SWOT analysis
3.5. Digital printing
- 3.5.1. Technology description
- 3.5.2. SWOT analysis
3.6. In-mold electronics (IME)
- 3.6.1. Technology description
- 3.6.2. SWOT analysis
3.7. Roll-to-roll (R2R)
- 3.7.1. Technology description
- 3.7.2. SWOT analysis

4. MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS

4.1. Component attachment materials
- 4.1.1. Conductive adhesives
- 4.1.2. Biodegradable adhesives
- 4.1.3. Magnets
- 4.1.4. Bio-based solders
- 4.1.5. Bio-derived solders
- 4.1.6. Recycled plastics
- 4.1.7. Nano adhesives
- 4.1.8. Shape memory polymers
- 4.1.9. Photo-reversible polymers
- 4.1.10. Conductive biopolymers
- 4.1.11. Traditional thermal processing methods
- 4.1.12. Low temperature solder
- 4.1.13. Reflow soldering
- 4.1.14. Induction soldering
- 4.1.15. UV curing
- 4.1.16. Near-infrared (NIR) radiation curing
- 4.1.17. Photonic sintering/curing
- 4.1.18. Hybrid integration
4.2. Conductive inks
- 4.2.1. Metal-based conductive inks
- 4.2.2. Nanoparticle inks
- 4.2.3. Silver inks
- 4.2.4. Particle-Free conductive ink
- 4.2.5. Copper inks
- 4.2.6. Gold (Au) ink
- 4.2.7. Conductive polymer inks
- 4.2.8. Liquid metals
- 4.2.9. Companies
4.3. Printable semiconductors
- 4.3.1. Technology overview
- 4.3.2. Advantages and disadvantages
- 4.3.3. SWOT analysis
4.4. Printable sensing materials
- 4.4.1. Overview
- 4.4.2. Types
- 4.4.3. SWOT analysis
4.5. Flexible Substrates
- 4.5.1. Flexible plastic substrates
  - 4.5.1.1. Types of materials
  - 4.5.1.2. Flexible (bio) polyimide PCBs
- 4.5.2. Paper substrates
  - 4.5.2.1. Overview
- 4.5.3. Glass substrates
  - 4.5.3.1. Overview
- 4.5.4. Textile substrates
4.6. Flexible ICs
- 4.6.1. Description
- 4.6.2. Flexible metal oxide ICs
- 4.6.3. Comparison of flexible integrated circuit technologies
- 4.6.4. SWOT analysis
4.7. Printed PCBs
- 4.7.1. Description
- 4.7.2. High-Speed PCBs
- 4.7.3. Flexible PCBs
- 4.7.4. 3D Printed PCBs
- 4.7.5. Sustainable PCBs
4.8. Thin film batteries
- 4.8.1. Technology description
- 4.8.2. SWOT analysis
4.9. Energy harvesting
- 4.9.1. Approaches
- 4.9.2. Perovskite photovoltaics
- 4.9.3. Applications
- 4.9.4. SWOT analysis

5. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

5.1. Market drivers and trends
5.2. Wearable sensors
- 5.2.1. Types
- 5.2.2. Wearable sensor technologies
- 5.2.3. Opportunities
- 5.2.4. Consumer acceptance
- 5.2.5. Healthcare
- 5.2.6. Trends
5.3. Wearable actuators
- 5.3.1. Applications
- 5.3.2. Types
- 5.3.3. Electrical stimulation technologies
- 5.3.4. Regulations
- 5.3.5. Batteries
- 5.3.6. Wireless communication technologies
5.4. Recent market developments
5.5. Wrist-worn wearables
- 5.5.1. Overview
- 5.5.2. Recent developments and future outlook
- 5.5.3. Wrist-worn sensing technologies
- 5.5.4. Activity tracking
- 5.5.5. Advanced biometric sensing
  - 5.5.5.1. Blood oxygen and respiration rate
  - 5.5.5.2. Established sensor hardware
  - 5.5.5.3. Blood Pressure
  - 5.5.5.4. Spectroscopic technologies
  - 5.5.5.5. Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring
  - 5.5.5.6. Minimally invasive glucose monitoring
- 5.5.6. Wrist-worn communication technologies
- 5.5.7. Luxury and traditional watch industry
- 5.5.8. Smart-strap technologies
- 5.5.9. Driver monitoring technologies
- 5.5.10. Sports-watches, smart-watches and fitness trackers
  - 5.5.10.1. Sensing
  - 5.5.10.2. Actuating
  - 5.5.10.3. SWOT analysis
- 5.5.11. Health monitoring
- 5.5.12. Energy harvesting for powering smartwatches
- 5.5.13. Main producers and products
5.6. Sports and fitness
- 5.6.1. Overview
- 5.6.2. Wearable devices and apparel
- 5.6.3. Skin patches
- 5.6.4. Products
5.7. Hearables
- 5.7.1. Hearing assistance technologies
  - 5.7.1.1. Products
- 5.7.2. Technology advancements
- 5.7.3. Assistive Hearables
  - 5.7.3.1. Biometric Monitoring
- 5.7.4. SWOT analysis
- 5.7.5. Health & Fitness Hearables
- 5.7.6. Multimedia Hearables
- 5.7.7. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- 5.7.8. Biometric Monitoring
  - 5.7.8.1. Sensors
  - 5.7.8.2. Heart Rate Monitoring in Sports Headphones
  - 5.7.8.3. Integration into hearing assistance
  - 5.7.8.4. Advanced Sensing Technologies
  - 5.7.8.5. Blood pressure hearables
  - 5.7.8.6. Sleep monitoring market
- 5.7.9. Companies and products
5.8. Sleep trackers and wearable monitors
- 5.8.1. Built in function in smart watches and fitness trackers
- 5.8.2. Smart rings
- 5.8.3. Headbands
- 5.8.4. Sleep monitoring devices
  - 5.8.4.1. Companies and products
5.9. Pet and animal wearables
5.10. Military wearables
5.11. Industrial and workplace monitoring
- 5.11.1. Products
5.12. Global market forecasts
- 5.12.1. Volume
- 5.12.2. Revenues
5.13. Market challenges
5.14. Company profiles (131 company profiles)

6. MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

6.1. Market drivers
6.2. Current state of the art
- 6.2.1. Wearables for Digital Health
- 6.2.2. Wearable medical device products
- 6.2.3. Temperature and respiratory rate monitoring
6.3. Wearable and health monitoring and rehabilitation
- 6.3.1. Market overview
- 6.3.2. Companies and products
6.4. Electronic skin patches
- 6.4.1. Electrochemical biosensors
- 6.4.2. Printed pH sensors
- 6.4.3. Printed batteries
- 6.4.4. Materials
  - 6.4.4.1. Summary of advanced materials
- 6.4.5. Temperature and respiratory rate monitoring
  - 6.4.5.1. Market overview
  - 6.4.5.2. Companies and products
- 6.4.6. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)
  - 6.4.6.1. Market overview
- 6.4.7. Minimally-invasive CGM sensors
  - 6.4.7.1. Technologies
- 6.4.8. Non-invasive CGM sensors
  - 6.4.8.1. Commercial devices
  - 6.4.8.2. Companies and products
- 6.4.9. Cardiovascular monitoring
  - 6.4.9.1. Market overview
  - 6.4.9.2. ECG sensors
    - 6.4.9.2.1. Companies and products
  - 6.4.9.3. PPG sensors
    - 6.4.9.3.1. Companies and products
- 6.4.10. Pregnancy and newborn monitoring
  - 6.4.10.1. Market overview
  - 6.4.10.2. Companies and products
- 6.4.11. Hydration sensors
  - 6.4.11.1. Market overview
  - 6.4.11.2. Companies and products
- 6.4.12. Wearable sweat sensors (medical and sports)
  - 6.4.12.1. Market overview
  - 6.4.12.2. Companies and products
6.5. Wearable drug delivery
- 6.5.1. Companies and products
6.6. Cosmetics patches
- 6.6.1. Companies and products
6.7. Femtech devices
- 6.7.1. Companies and products
6.8. Smart footwear for health monitoring
- 6.8.1. Companies and products
6.9. Smart contact lenses and smart glasses for visually impaired
- 6.9.1. Companies and products
6.10. Smart woundcare
- 6.10.1. Companies and products
6.11. Smart diapers
- 6.11.1. Companies and products
6.12. Wearable robotics-exo-skeletons, bionic prostheses, exo-suits, and body worn collaborative robots
- 6.12.1. Companies and products
6.13. Global market forecasts
- 6.13.1. Volume
- 6.13.2. Revenues
6.14. Market challenges
6.15. Company profiles (341 company profiles)

7. GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY (VR/AR/MR)

7.1. Introduction
7.2. Classification of VR, AR, MR, and XR
- 7.2.1. XR controllers and sensing systems
- 7.2.2. XR positional and motion tracking systems
- 7.2.3. Wearable technology for XR
- 7.2.4. Wearable Gesture Sensors for XR
- 7.2.5. Edge Sensing and AI
- 7.2.6. VR Technology
  - 7.2.6.1. Overview
  - 7.2.6.2. VR Headset Types
  - 7.2.6.3. Future outlook for VR technology
  - 7.2.6.4. VR Lens Technology
  - 7.2.6.5. VR challenges
  - 7.2.6.6. Market growth
- 7.2.7. AR Technology
  - 7.2.7.1. Overview
  - 7.2.7.2. AR and MR distinction
  - 7.2.7.3. AR for Assistive Technology
  - 7.2.7.4. Consumer AR market
  - 7.2.7.5. Optics Technology for AR and VR
    - 7.2.7.5.1. Optical Combiners
  - 7.2.7.6. AR display technology
  - 7.2.7.7. Challenges
- 7.2.8. Metaverse
- 7.2.9. Mixed Reality (MR) smart glasses
- 7.2.10. OLED microdisplays
  - 7.2.10.1. MiniLED
    - 7.2.10.1.1. High dynamic range miniLED displays
    - 7.2.10.1.2. Quantum dot films for miniLED displays
  - 7.2.10.2. MicroLED
    - 7.2.10.2.1. Integration
    - 7.2.10.2.2. Transfer technologies
    - 7.2.10.2.3. MicroLED display specifications
    - 7.2.10.2.4. Advantages
    - 7.2.10.2.5. Transparency
    - 7.2.10.2.6. Costs
    - 7.2.10.2.7. MicroLED contact lenses
    - 7.2.10.2.8. Products
    - 7.2.10.2.9. VR and AR MicroLEDs
7.3. Global market forecasts
- 7.3.1. Volume
- 7.3.2. Revenues
7.4. Company profiles (96 company profiles)

8. ELECTRONIC TEXTILES (E-TEXTILES) AND SMART APPAREL

8.1. Macro-trends
8.2. Market drivers
8.3. SWOT analysis
8.4. Performance requirements for E-textiles
8.5. Growth prospects for electronic textiles
8.6. Textiles in the Internet of Things
8.7. Types of E-Textile products
- 8.7.1. Embedded e-textiles
- 8.7.2. Laminated e-textiles
8.8. Materials and components
- 8.8.1. Integrating electronics for E-Textiles
  - 8.8.1.1. Textile-adapted
  - 8.8.1.2. Textile-integrated
  - 8.8.1.3. Textile-based
- 8.8.2. Manufacturing of E-textiles
  - 8.8.2.1. Integration of conductive polymers and inks
  - 8.8.2.2. Integration of conductive yarns and conductive filament fibers
  - 8.8.2.3. Integration of conductive sheets
- 8.8.3. Flexible and stretchable electronics
- 8.8.4. E-textiles materials and components
  - 8.8.4.1. Conductive and stretchable fibers and yarns
    - 8.8.4.1.1. Production
    - 8.8.4.1.2. Metals
    - 8.8.4.1.3. Carbon materials and nanofibers
      - 8.8.4.1.3.1. Graphene
      - 8.8.4.1.3.2. Carbon nanotubes
      - 8.8.4.1.3.3. Nanofibers
  - 8.8.4.2. Mxenes
  - 8.8.4.3. Hexagonal boron-nitride (h-BN)/Bboron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs)
  - 8.8.4.4. Conductive polymers
    - 8.8.4.4.1. PDMS
    - 8.8.4.4.2. PEDOT: PSS
    - 8.8.4.4.3. Polypyrrole (PPy)
    - 8.8.4.4.4. Conductive polymer composites
    - 8.8.4.4.5. Ionic conductive polymers
  - 8.8.4.5. Conductive inks
    - 8.8.4.5.1. Aqueous-Based Ink
    - 8.8.4.5.2. Solvent-Based Ink
    - 8.8.4.5.3. Oil-Based Ink
    - 8.8.4.5.4. Hot-Melt Ink
    - 8.8.4.5.5. UV-Curable Ink
    - 8.8.4.5.6. Metal-based conductive inks
      - 8.8.4.5.6.1. Nanoparticle ink
      - 8.8.4.5.6.2. Silver inks
        
        8.8.4.5.6.2.1. Silver flake
        8.8.4.5.6.2.2. Silver nanoparticle ink
        8.8.4.5.6.2.3. Formulation
        8.8.4.5.6.2.4. Conductivity
        8.8.4.5.6.2.5. Particle-Free silver conductive ink
      - 8.8.4.5.6.3. Copper inks
        
        8.8.4.5.6.3.1. Properties
        8.8.4.5.6.3.2. Silver-coated copper
      - 8.8.4.5.6.4. Gold (Au) ink
        
        8.8.4.5.6.4.1. Properties
    - 8.8.4.5.7. Carbon-based conductive inks
      - 8.8.4.5.7.1. Carbon nanotubes
      - 8.8.4.5.7.2. Single-walled carbon nanotubes
      - 8.8.4.5.7.3. Graphene
    - 8.8.4.5.8. Liquid metals
      - 8.8.4.5.8.1. Properties
  - 8.8.4.6. Electronic filaments
  - 8.8.4.7. Phase change materials
    - 8.8.4.7.1. Temperature controlled fabrics
  - 8.8.4.8. Shape memory materials
  - 8.8.4.9. Metal halide perovskites
  - 8.8.4.10. Nanocoatings in smart textiles
  - 8.8.4.11. 3D printing
    - 8.8.4.11.1. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
    - 8.8.4.11.2. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
    - 8.8.4.11.3. Products
- 8.8.5. E-textiles components
  - 8.8.5.1. Sensors and actuators
    - 8.8.5.1.1. Physiological sensors
    - 8.8.5.1.2. Environmental sensors
    - 8.8.5.1.3. Pressure sensors
      - 8.8.5.1.3.1. Flexible capacitive sensors
      - 8.8.5.1.3.2. Flexible piezoresistive sensors
      - 8.8.5.1.3.3. Flexible piezoelectric sensors
    - 8.8.5.1.4. Activity sensors
    - 8.8.5.1.5. Strain sensors
      - 8.8.5.1.5.1. Resistive sensors
      - 8.8.5.1.5.2. Capacitive strain sensors
    - 8.8.5.1.6. Temperature sensors
    - 8.8.5.1.7. Inertial measurement units (IMUs)
  - 8.8.5.2. Electrodes
  - 8.8.5.3. Connectors
8.9. Applications, markets and products
- 8.9.1. Current E-textiles and smart clothing products
- 8.9.2. Temperature monitoring and regulation
  - 8.9.2.1. Heated clothing
  - 8.9.2.2. Heated gloves
  - 8.9.2.3. Heated insoles
  - 8.9.2.4. Heated jacket and clothing products
  - 8.9.2.5. Materials used in flexible heaters and applications
- 8.9.3. Stretchable E-fabrics
- 8.9.4. Therapeutic products
- 8.9.5. Sport & fitness
  - 8.9.5.1. Products
- 8.9.6. Smart footwear
  - 8.9.6.1. Companies and products
- 8.9.7. Wearable displays
- 8.9.8. Military
- 8.9.9. Textile-based lighting
  - 8.9.9.1. OLEDs
- 8.9.10. Smart gloves
- 8.9.11. Powering E-textiles
  - 8.9.11.1. Advantages and disadvantages of main battery types for E-textiles
  - 8.9.11.2. Bio-batteries
  - 8.9.11.3. Challenges for battery integration in smart textiles
  - 8.9.11.4. Textile supercapacitors
  - 8.9.11.5. Energy harvesting
    - 8.9.11.5.1. Photovoltaic solar textiles
    - 8.9.11.5.2. Energy harvesting nanogenerators
      - 8.9.11.5.2.1. TENGs
      - 8.9.11.5.2.2. PENGs
    - 8.9.11.5.3. Radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting
- 8.9.12. Motion capture for AR/VR
8.10. Global market forecasts
- 8.10.1. Volume
- 8.10.2. Revenues
8.11. Market challenges
8.12. Company profiles (152 company profiles)

9. ENERGY STORAGE AND HARVESTING FOR WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

9.1. Macro-trends
9.2. Market drivers
9.3. SWOT analysis
9.4. Battery Development
- 9.4.1. Enhanced Energy Density and Performance
- 9.4.2. Stretchable Batteries
- 9.4.3. Textile-Based Batteries
- 9.4.4. Printable Batteries
- 9.4.5. Sustainable and Biodegradable Batteries
- 9.4.6. Self-Healing Batteries
- 9.4.7. Solid-State Flexible Batteries
- 9.4.8. Integration with Energy Harvesting
- 9.4.9. Nanostructured Materials
- 9.4.10. Thin-Film Battery Technologies
9.5. Applications of printed and flexible electronics
9.6. Flexible and stretchable batteries for electronics
9.7. Approaches to flexibility
9.8. Flexible Battery Technologies
- 9.8.1. Thin-film Lithium-ion Batteries
  - 9.8.1.1. Types of Flexible/stretchable LIBs
    - 9.8.1.1.1. Flexible planar LiBs
    - 9.8.1.1.2. Flexible Fiber LiBs
    - 9.8.1.1.3. Flexible micro-LiBs
    - 9.8.1.1.4. Stretchable lithium-ion batteries
    - 9.8.1.1.5. Origami and kirigami lithium-ion batteries
  - 9.8.1.2. Flexible Li/S batteries
  - 9.8.1.3. Flexible lithium-manganese dioxide (Li-MnO2) batteries
- 9.8.2. Printed Batteries
  - 9.8.2.1. Technical specifications
  - 9.8.2.2. Components
  - 9.8.2.3. Design
  - 9.8.2.4. Key features
    - 9.8.2.4.1. Printable current collectors
    - 9.8.2.4.2. Printable electrodes
    - 9.8.2.4.3. Materials
    - 9.8.2.4.4. Applications
    - 9.8.2.4.5. Printing techniques
    - 9.8.2.4.6. Lithium-ion (LIB) printed batteries
    - 9.8.2.4.7. Zinc-based printed batteries
    - 9.8.2.4.8. 3D Printed batteries
  - 9.8.2.5. 3D Printing techniques for battery manufacturing
    - 9.8.2.5.1.1. Materials for 3D printed batteries
- 9.8.3. Thin-Film Solid-state Batteries
  - 9.8.3.1. Solid-state electrolytes
  - 9.8.3.2. Features and advantages
  - 9.8.3.3. Technical specifications
  - 9.8.3.4. Microbatteries
    - 9.8.3.4.1. Introduction
    - 9.8.3.4.2. 3D designs
- 9.8.4. Stretchable Batteries
- 9.8.5. Other Emerging Technologies
  - 9.8.5.1. Metal-sulfur batteries
  - 9.8.5.2. Flexible zinc-based batteries
  - 9.8.5.3. Flexible silver-zinc (Ag-Zn) batteries
  - 9.8.5.4. Flexible Zn-Air batteries
  - 9.8.5.5. Flexible zinc-vanadium batteries
  - 9.8.5.6. Fiber-shaped batteries
    - 9.8.5.6.1. Carbon nanotubes
    - 9.8.5.6.2. Applications
    - 9.8.5.6.3. Challenges
  - 9.8.5.7. Transparent batteries
    - 9.8.5.7.1. Components
  - 9.8.5.8. Degradable batteries
    - 9.8.5.8.1. Components
  - 9.8.5.9. Fiber-shaped batteries
    - 9.8.5.9.1. Carbon nanotubes
    - 9.8.5.9.2. Types
    - 9.8.5.9.3. Applications
    - 9.8.5.9.4. Challenges
9.9. Key Components of Flexible Batteries
- 9.9.1. Electrodes
  - 9.9.1.1. Cable-type batteries
  - 9.9.1.2. Batteries-on-wire
- 9.9.2. Electrolytes
- 9.9.3. Separators
- 9.9.4. Current Collectors
  - 9.9.4.1. Carbon Materials for Current Collectors in Flexible Batteries
- 9.9.5. Packaging
  - 9.9.5.1. Lithium-Polymer Pouch Cells
  - 9.9.5.2. Flexible Pouch Cells
  - 9.9.5.3. Encapsulation Materials
- 9.9.6. Other Manufacturing Techniques
9.10. Performance Metrics and Characteristics
- 9.10.1. Energy Density
- 9.10.2. Power Density
- 9.10.3. Cycle Life
- 9.10.4. Flexibility and Bendability
9.11. Printed supercapacitors
- 9.11.1. Electrode materials
- 9.11.2. Electrolytes
9.12. Photovoltaics
- 9.12.1. Conductive pastes
- 9.12.2. Organic photovoltaics (OPV)
- 9.12.3. Perovskite PV
- 9.12.4. Flexible and stretchable photovoltaics
  - 9.12.4.1. Companies
- 9.12.5. Photovoltaic solar textiles
- 9.12.6. Solar tape
- 9.12.7. Origami-like solar cells
- 9.12.8. Spray-on and stick-on perovskite photovoltaics
- 9.12.9. Photovoltaic solar textiles
9.13. Transparent and flexible heaters
- 9.13.1. Technology overview
- 9.13.2. Applications
  - 9.13.2.1. Automotive Industry
    - 9.13.2.1.1. Defrosting and Defogging Systems
    - 9.13.2.1.2. Heated Windshields and Mirrors
    - 9.13.2.1.3. Touch Panels and Displays
  - 9.13.2.2. Aerospace and Aviation
    - 9.13.2.2.1. Aircraft Windows and Canopies
    - 9.13.2.2.2. Sensor and Camera Housings
  - 9.13.2.3. Consumer Electronics
    - 9.13.2.3.1. Smartphones and Tablets
    - 9.13.2.3.2. Wearable Devices
    - 9.13.2.3.3. Smart Home Appliances
  - 9.13.2.4. Building and Architecture
    - 9.13.2.4.1. Smart Windows
    - 9.13.2.4.2. Heated Glass Facades
    - 9.13.2.4.3. Greenhouse and Skylight Applications
  - 9.13.2.5. Medical and Healthcare
    - 9.13.2.5.1. Incubators and Warming Beds
    - 9.13.2.5.2. Surgical Microscopes and Endoscopes
    - 9.13.2.5.3. Medical Imaging Equipment
  - 9.13.2.6. Display Technologies
    - 9.13.2.6.1. LCD Displays
    - 9.13.2.6.2. OLED Displays
    - 9.13.2.6.3. Flexible and Transparent Displays
  - 9.13.2.7. Energy Systems
    - 9.13.2.7.1. Solar Panels (De-icing and Efficiency Enhancement)
    - 9.13.2.7.2. Fuel Cells
    - 9.13.2.7.3. Battery Systems
9.14. Thermoelectric energy harvesting
9.15. Market challenges
9.16. Global market forecasts
- 9.16.1. Volume
- 9.16.2. Revenues
9.17. Companies (45 company profiles)

ウェアラブル技術の世界市場（2026年～2036年）

The Global Wearable Technology Market 2026-2036

目次

第1章エグゼクティブサマリー

第2章イントロダクション

第3章生産方式

第4章材料とコンポーネント

第5章コンシューマーエレクトロニクス向けウェアラブル技術

第6章医療向けウェアラブル技術

第7章ゲーム・エンターテインメント向けウェアラブル技術（VR/AR/MR）

第8章電子テキスタイル（eテキスタイル）とスマートアパレル

第9章ウェアラブル技術向けエネルギー貯蔵・ハーベスティング

第10章調査手法

第11章参考文献

List of Tables

List of Figures

Report contents include:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. INTRODUCTION

3. MANUFACTURING METHODS

4. MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS

5. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

6. MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

7. GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY (VR/AR/MR)

8. ELECTRONIC TEXTILES (E-TEXTILES) AND SMART APPAREL

9. ENERGY STORAGE AND HARVESTING FOR WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

10. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

11. REFERENCES

ウェアラブル技術の世界市場（2026年～2036年）

The Global Wearable Technology Market 2026-2036

目次

第1章 エグゼクティブサマリー

第2章 イントロダクション

第3章 生産方式

第4章 材料とコンポーネント

第5章 コンシューマーエレクトロニクス向けウェアラブル技術

第6章 医療向けウェアラブル技術

第7章 ゲーム・エンターテインメント向けウェアラブル技術（VR/AR/MR）

第8章 電子テキスタイル（eテキスタイル）とスマートアパレル

第9章 ウェアラブル技術向けエネルギー貯蔵・ハーベスティング

第10章 調査手法

第11章 参考文献

List of Tables

List of Figures

Report contents include:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. INTRODUCTION

3. MANUFACTURING METHODS

4. MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS

5. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

6. MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

7. GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY (VR/AR/MR)

8. ELECTRONIC TEXTILES (E-TEXTILES) AND SMART APPAREL

9. ENERGY STORAGE AND HARVESTING FOR WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY

10. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

11. REFERENCES

第1章エグゼクティブサマリー

第2章イントロダクション

第3章生産方式

第4章材料とコンポーネント

第5章コンシューマーエレクトロニクス向けウェアラブル技術

第6章医療向けウェアラブル技術

第7章ゲーム・エンターテインメント向けウェアラブル技術（VR/AR/MR）

第8章電子テキスタイル（eテキスタイル）とスマートアパレル

第9章ウェアラブル技術向けエネルギー貯蔵・ハーベスティング

第10章調査手法

第11章参考文献