XR by the Numbers! $2.2T: Projected revenues in the AR/VR category in the year 2035 – 17 years from today.
$3.5B: The value of AR/VR venture capital investments made in the last 24 months. Facebook paid $2bn to acquire Oculus in 2014.
2MM: The number of Google Cardboard head mounted displays distributed since the products June 2014 launch.
100: The number of VR games Oculus made available in 2016, with 20 games developed by Oculus Story Studios.
770B: The number of Virtual Boy VR gaming consoles Nintendo sold after its 1995 release, despite the platform’s technology limitations.
26: The number of Lowes home improvement stores featuring “Holorooms” to help customers visualize their remodeling projects.
$215B: Projected revenues in the AR/VR category by 2021 – 3 years from today.
121: The number of countries represented in the viewership data for the US Democratic presidential debate, which CNN streamed in VR.
48hrs: Time it took for Samsung’s $99 Gear VR to sell out on Amazon.com and BestBuy.com — an indication of strong demand at lower prices.
$995: The price of the consumer version of Oculus (launched in January 2016), with Oculus-ready PC bundles expected to sell for $1500.
200K: The number of developers Oculus has registered to create games on the VR platform (as of September 2015).
$52B: The size of the US real estate / commissions market that VR stands to disrupt. Sotheby’s is beginning to show luxury homes in VR.