Semicast Research

Semicast Research provides advisory, consultancy and research services on automotive driver and occupant monitoring systems (DMS/OMS). Semicast is the research vehicle for Colin Barnden, a world expert on market trends for DMS/OMS, interior sensing (whole-cabin monitoring), and the immersive user experience. Holding a first-degree in electronic engineering, he has a detailed technical understanding of the industry landscape and can discuss strengths/weaknesses of leading suppliers such as Cipia, Seeing Machines, Smart Eye, and Tobii Autosense. Colin is a contributing writer for The Ojo-Yoshida Report, a panellist for InCabin from Sense Media, and an approved Guidepoint expert and GLG council member. With a proven track record as an analyst and writer, Colin excels at explaining complex technical issues to a non-technical audience. As a boutique research company Semicast partners with a maximum of 30 client companies, primarily to assist with product defintion and understanding future inflection points and innovation pivots in this rapidly evolving market. Target companies typically include OEMs, tier 1s, tier 2s, semiconductor suppliers, adjacent big tech players looking to better understand trends in the automotive cabin, and institutions looking to make multi-million-dollar investments into the sector. Semicast Research is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 06792167. Registered office: Wellesley House, 204 London Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7AN, UK. All report orders are considered final upon delivery of the PDF and Excel files. Study sample pages are available upon request. For telephone-based consultancy bookings: GLG: https://glginsights.com/ Guidepoint: https://www.guidepoint.com/ Third Bridge: https://thirdbridge.com/