VR's big surge came to an end in 2022.
Virtual reality headsets got off to a strong start this decade. Driven largely by strong sales of the, virtual reality has been shedding its niche reputation and gaining renown in heaps of households. But it's looking as though VR's big surge has petered off over 2022.suggests shipments for headsets hit 8.8 million in 2022, which is a decline of 20.9% versus 2021.
That's not an entirely surprising stat considering the world we live in today versus the previous few years. Revenue for Meta's VR and AR division, Reality Labs,back in 2020, an incredible surge that is more than likely strongly linked with lockdown measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic—VR was a pretty great way to leave the house without actually walking out the door.From 2021 to 2022, however, Reality Labs shrunk by around[PDF].
It's ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, with its Pico headset that controls the second largest share at 10% according to IDC. But even a drop in demand versus the highs of 2020 and 2021 isn't much to worry about for VR in the long-run. Most technology has seen a similar slump since the strange days of lockdown and VR and AR is still tracking upward as more major companies bid to get involved. That includes Sony with the PS VR2 and Apple with its own rumoured VR/AR headset.
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