Don't believe the hype: HP CEO says 3D printing hasn't met early hopes
Matthew Ball, chief analyst at Canalys, told us that"like other technologies, there is a lot of hype around its initial stages but the use cases are niche or at least limited within industrial segments."
Ball thinks that longer term it will take off in a bigger way,"it's easier to underestimate, you know, the longer term and overestimate the short term." "Consumer 3D printing is not really 'plug and play' and while it allows everyone to be a 'maker', printers are not 'plug and play' and require ongoing maintenance and a certain level of patience," said Chris Connery, global head of analysis at Context."Growth in shipments of new consumer-centric printers has trailed off since the worst of the pandemic."