Abstract
Patent trend analysis plays an effective
and important role in innovation tendencies and investigating high-tech
progressions among technology field. The interdisciplinary applications of XR
technology have led to scattered scholarly works and fragmentary insights to be
translated into practice. XR is an umbrella term that encompasses both virtual
reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR), among others.
Despite the promising outlook, this nascent technology has been shrouded by
uncertain possibilities, making the adoption of XR technology much slower than
expected. Thus, there is a demanding need for a critical review and synthesis
XR patent analysis in order to support this emerging field in information
system (IS). To accomplish this goal, the study analysis the current patent
trend from 2016 to 2021 total of 412 patents through the software of INNOVUE.
In summary, this study identifies the major trends in development and forecasts
the future of XR adoption.
Keywords: Extended reality (XR), augmented reality (AR), virtual
reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR), Patent trend.