“Glasses” computing devices (peripheral or standalone – example: Google Glasses) to have sales of at least 100 million units per year by 2018.

Created by simplicio on 2013-02-20; known on 2018-01-01; judged wrong by ygert on 2020-05-15.

• simplicio estimated 80% on 2013-02-20
• RandomThinker estimated 45% on 2013-02-20
• dusk estimated 20% on 2013-02-21
• Felix estimated 80% and said “Workstation → portable → hands free. Seems like the next logical step.” on 2013-02-21
• Roxolan estimated 80% on 2013-02-23
• ygert estimated 70% on 2013-02-23
• RandomThinker said “@heinzelotto logic has a poor track record in forecasting advances.” on 2013-02-24
• procran estimated 40% on 2013-02-28
• Tuxedage estimated 35% on 2013-03-01
• tormey estimated 40% and said “This would be about the same growth rate as iPhone sales: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphone#Sales_and_profits” on 2013-03-05
• Jenson estimated 50% on 2013-03-23
• themusicgod1 estimated 10% on 2016-07-30
• Roxolan said “I don’t know where to find the sales number, but smart glasses certainly haven’t taken off.” on 2018-01-01
• dusk said “This seems to be likely to close out as “Wrong”:https://www.tractica.com/newsroom/press-releases/smart-augmented-reality-glasses-shipments-to-reach-22-8-million-units-annually-by-2022/” on 2018-01-15
• ygert   judged this prediction wrong on 2020-05-15.