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XR headset shipments nearly triple annually in Q1 2021, Quest 2 has sold 4.6m units Feature Aug 2nd, 2021

XR headset shipments nearly triple annually in Q1 2021, Quest 2 has sold 4.6m units

Latest research from Counterpoint indicates continued growth for VR and AR hardware

as VR’s Potential To Change The Human Race Feature Aug 1st, 2021

VR’s Potential To Change The Human Race

Hear the inner workings of some of the VR industry’s finest minds as they contemplate the medium’s potential to trigger the next phase of human evolution.

One Million VR Headsets Shipped In Q3 2017 Data & Research Nov 27th, 2017

One Million VR Headsets Shipped In Q3 2017

XR on the up as hardware manufacturers ship a million units globally in third quarter; the first time the industry has broken the barrier. PS VR leads market share by a large margin.

Games Devs Choosing VR Over Console Data & Research Nov 23rd, 2017

Games Devs Choosing VR Over Console

Virtual Reality is already as popular as consoles for game development, new survey reveals.

$1.8B AR/VR Investment In Last 12 Months To Q3 2017 Data & Research Oct 9th, 2017

$1.8B AR/VR Investment In Last 12 Months To Q3 2017

Digi-Capital’s Tim Merel sees a transition from a VR driven investment market to a new mobile AR driven market.

Two-speed AR/VR Market After ARKit/ARCore Data & Research Oct 3rd, 2017

Two-speed AR/VR Market After ARKit/ARCore

Digi-Capital’s Tim Merel sees an AR upgrade, VR downgrade in the wake of recent big releases from Apple and Google.

as How Much Does VR Really Cost? [UPDATE: 21st August 2017] Feature Aug 22nd, 2017

How Much Does VR Really Cost? [UPDATE: 21st August 2017]

Pricing a VR set-up isn’t straightforward, so we set out to discover the full retail cost of VR for the leading platforms.

The AR Industry Landscape, Q2 2017 Data & Research Jul 27th, 2017

The AR Industry Landscape, Q2 2017

The VR Fund has released its latest snapshot of the industry and finds robust increases driven by major players Facebook and Apple.

Huge VR Investment Accelerates Innovation Data & Research Mar 7th, 2017

Huge VR Investment Accelerates Innovation

Biosensors, speech recognition, movement mapping and space perception will give a significant boost to the market prospects of VR technologies.

as The Size Of The VR Consumer Market (Updated, 3rd March) Feature Mar 3rd, 2017

The Size Of The VR Consumer Market (Updated, 3rd March)

Following an announcement by Google, we’ve updated the total number of consumers that own a VR headset.

Global VR Hardware Revenue Will Hit $3.6 Billion In 2017 Data & Research Feb 24th, 2017

Global VR Hardware Revenue Will Hit $3.6 Billion In 2017

New report forecasts worldwide revenue up 142 per cent year-over-year.

Is VR Changing The Way We Communicate? Interviews & Opinion Feb 21st, 2017

Is VR Changing The Way We Communicate?

Solomon Rogers, CEO and Founder of REWIND, examines the evidence that VR has the potential to change every area of our future lives.

Presence Is The New Frontier Of VR Game Design Interviews & Opinion Feb 20th, 2017

Presence Is The New Frontier Of VR Game Design

Game design veteran and academic, Aki Järvinen of Game Futures, looks at the importance of presence in VR and argues it could be the most important factor in realising the medium’s potential.

as What Does HTC Mobile VR Mean For The Industry? Data & Research Feb 17th, 2017

What Does HTC Mobile VR Mean For The Industry?

Stephanie Llamas of SuperData Research assesses the implications of HTC’s intentions to move into the mobile VR space.

Focal Point: Is VR The New 3D TV? Focal Point Feb 15th, 2017

Focal Point: Is VR The New 3D TV?

Our industry panel of VR experts on whether VR is really the future of computing, or just the latest entertainment fad-to-failure.

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