About the Client:
The Client, a consumer electronics company, was interested in exploring the future of gaming. They wanted to analyze state-of-the-art developments and identify key potential partners to improve the quality of their gaming products and develop new functionalities to surpass their competitors.
Challenge:
The Client engaged PreScouter to help them solve technical challenges faced by their global R&D team through technology scouting and assessment efforts across various technical topics.
Approach:
PreScouter examined 11 technology topics for the client’s Annual Research Support Service license. This involved using expert insights, identifying relevant startups and companies, and highlighting academic developments. Some of the topics covered were:
- Human skin capturing/rendering
- Deformable user interfaces
- Energy-efficient computing
- VR/AR optics (Vergence and accommodation conflict resolution)
- Logo asset creation
- Semantic video understanding
- Eye tracker/gaze tracking technologies
- Emotion recognition tools
Outcome:
PreScouter’s research and analysis presented the Client with over 80 vendors across the selected segments. PreScouter delivered a vetted list of 10 recommended partners.
