Stefan Mileschin

Worth $6.1 billion by 2026

Beancounters at IDC say that European companies will spend a fortune on biometric systems throughout 2022.

After adding up some numbers and consulting their crystal balls IDC expected this to continue till 2026 triggering an estimated spend of $6.1 billion by then.

The report with the punchy title European Human Augmentation Forecast, 2021-2026: How AR/VR biometrics, wearables and other augmentation techs will elevate human skills and transform business. says the spending this year alone will be at around $3.3 billion, an increase of 20 percent from last year's figures.

This is being driven by a number of factors including the desire by companies to improve employee experience, improve workplace access control management, as well as staff management, it mentions.

Biometrics deployments will also see an increase in 2023, despite challenges facing the use of the technology, such as data protection and privacy issues, the study also finds. That year, the topmost use cases for the technology will include security, automated employee management, access control, employee authentication for data access, as well as employee time and attendance management, according to IDC.

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