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Sony and Oculus VR have not started to sell their virtual reality headsets, but Gartner already makes predictions regarding sales of VR hardware. According to leading market analysts, shipments of various VR gear will hit two million units in 2016 and will continue to grow in the following years. Still, virtual reality hardware will not become a must have gaming accessory.
Brian Blau, research director at Gartner, forecasts that the number of VR headsets sold will soar to two million units next year, 5 million in 2017 and 8 million in 2018, reports Focus Taiwan. By 2018 the cumulative number of head-mounted displays sold to gamers will reach 25 million, which means that it will make sense for at least some game developers to create games for such devices. Nonetheless, it is obvious that VR headsets will not become something as popular as graphics cards.
“HMDs are more popular in 2014 than at any point in the past,” said Mr. Blau. “Prior to 2014, HMDs were mainly found in specialty applications, such as industrial design or military training and simulation, where HMD technology is well-developed.”
While 25 million units is a lot, it is far from broad adoption by the industry. According to Gartner, mainstream consumers will buy VR headsets when they become stylish, consumer- grade video eyeglasses, not bulky devices designed for core gamers.
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KitGuru Says: In fact, two million VR HMDs is quite a lot. However, the question is whether this will be enough to persuade game developers to design games for virtual reality hardware.
“mainstream consumers will buy VR headsets when they become stylish” F***ing iSheep and their superficial woes of apperance and lack of self-confidence.
Ehhgads, what if I look unstylish even for an hour in the privacy of my home where no one will even see me!
I am really sick of these bullshit crystal ball coffee ground future guessing crap.
If I piss on a wall the stain tells the future as accurate as Gartner allways does.
What…. U telling me u will be sitting at home entertaining yourself and not constantly tell the world of it by taking selfies… Surly u can’t take a selfie with some ugly box on ur head. So yes style is indeed vary important just like always having the newest mobile, even though over 80% dont need the power of the phones made within the last 2 years. Why u think we get worse and worse batteries u can’t replace, thats so they can make sure they can control the life cycle and stop anyone that would get tempted to keep their phone for 3+ years…
I think i’ll be one of that number, I can’t wait to experience it. I was tempted to get a developer rift but decided to wait for better screens to be used. So now its down to a consumer occulus or the new htc/valve unit.