Virtual and augmented reality devices to be $4bn market in 2018

Quelle: Lliat Clark, wired.co.uk. Post: Fritz Reust.

smama-kurz: Gemäss Wired soll sich für Virtual- und Augmented-Reality-Geräte bis 2018 ein substantieller Markt eröffnen. Diese Entwicklung verläuft parallel zur Verbreitung der Smartphones.

According to a report released by CCS Insight, which focuses on global trends in mobile communications and the internet, hardware shipments of VR devices alone will increase from 2.2m in 2015 to 20m in 2018. Interestingly, the increase will tally up with the expected continued increase in smartphones (more than 2.5 billion by 2018), with VR hardware compatible with phones making up 90 percent of the total share — devices like Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR. Read more