One of the most talked about new technologies is 3D printers,
and CEA expects consumers to embrace these products. There
will be double-digit percentage growth in unit shipments
through 2018, and 3D printers will bring in $76 million in total
revenue in 2014, up 44 percent over 2013. By 2018, CEA expects
3D printers to generate $175 million in total revenue.
Impacting everything from car parts, classrooms, food (!), to
internal organs (!!), we’re hearing of experiments constructing
entire cars and living rooms. Suffice it to say, 3D printers are
an emerging – and exciting – addition to the CE landscape.
As always, seeing is believing and it’s safe to assume that once
people see these products in action, the only questions will
involve what 3D printers can’t do and of course, cost. The 3D
Printing Marketplace at the 2015 International CES will be
double the size of what we saw in 2014, growing to more than
14,000 net square feet of exhibit space.