A report from market researchers IDC is predicting that AR and VR headset shipments will approach 100 million units per annum as we reach 2021. That will mark a ten-fold increase compared to the shipments observed last year, and represents an impressive CAGR of 58 per cent for the industry during the five year period.
"2016 marked an important step for the AR and VR headset market with product finally arriving in end users' hands and on their heads," noted Ramon Llamas, research manager with IDC's Augmented and Virtual Reality team. Nevertheless early adopter demand could have been greater - and will be greater - as content is developed, and hardware offerings are refined while pricing eases. Interestingly IDC notes of an appetite for AR and VR headsets in enterprise applications, and in its optimistic report reckons this will grow even faster than the consumer side of the business.
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