XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 19, 2023

High-intensity exercises like FitXR’s virtual reality (VR) fitness app have increased in popularity, namely during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Developing the right games for these hardware devices requires optimal ergonomics, interoperability, and ecosystems to incubate a massive community following.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In mature markets like smartphones, hardware players disclose figures — especially if public — but it’s a lot quieter on the early-stage front. That’s the case with VR, which becomes an exercise in gathering hints in perpetual market-sizing mode. But there are also some valuable gut checks and thought exercises along the way.

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AR Insider

MARCH 23, 2020

The latest such inputs come from Oculus comments in the recent kickoff for its Game Developers Showcase. There, it mentioned that 90 percent of Quest game purchases on Christmas day were from new VR users. This is based on Oculus’ announcement that it sold $5 million in content/games on Christmas day. game purchases.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

I once owned one of the greatest exercise machines ever made. It was a game controller called the Kilowatt Pro for the PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and PC. The Kilowatt Pro was an exercise controller. Finally, I realized, video games would be my salvation from slothdom and singlehood, not the cause of them. VirZoom.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 2, 2021

So it’s time once again for our quarterly exercise to extrapolate unit sales. By “Oculus,” we mean hardware and software. We’ve separately estimated average software spend per user to be $125 (3-7 games). That’s about 28 percent of Oculus’s overall ARPU ($454), given $299-$399 hardware.*. Apples-to-Apples. million units.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 7, 2021

More affordable hardware and functional features have made VR a popular choice among fitness enthusiasts and gamers alike. However, today’s games are specifically built with fitness in mind. Built-in calorie counters, various game modes, and interactive features further encourage high activity levels.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2020

In mature markets like smartphones, hardware players disclose figures — especially if public — but it’s a lot quieter on the early-stage front. That’s the case with VR, which becomes an exercise in gathering hints in perpetual market-sizing mode. But there are also some valuable gut checks and thought exercises along the way.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This is an exercise we’ve done every quarter for several years, but with a different approach lately given Meta’s disclosures. Based on Meta’s Q4 and 2021 FY disclosures in January, we’ve extrapolated that VR software (game and app sales) is about 23 percent of that. million*, making hardware $219.45

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The game has remained in Early Access on SteamVR, Viveport, and Oculus stores for almost a year, but no release window for PSVR has been confirmed. Played from a first person perspective, with motion controllers enabling 1:1 fist tracking, boxing is a natural fit for the current generation of VR hardware.

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VRScout

JANUARY 11, 2022

You’ve just finished installing a new game or app and excitedly dive in only to find yourself feeling nauseous from the experience just moments later. This includes everything from hardware to software-based solutions. Physically-active VR games can make some players feel uneasy. Image Credit: Crytek.

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VRScout

APRIL 20, 2021

Newly leaked images tease a fitness-focused VR headset from HTC, but is this sneaker-like hardware even real? The breathable and quick-drying fabrics improve ventilation in the heated exercise. With more people than ever jumping on the VR fitness bandwagon, the idea of fitness-focused VR hardware is sounding more appealing every day.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Product designer Eugene Nadyrshin says the ostensibly hardware agnostic controller will use custom hand-tracking models together with IMUs for sensor fusion, and include a Linear Resonant Actuators (LRA) at the back of the hand which give vibro-tactile feedback. Here’s why: Hardware is very hard, but it’s also a moat. Not happening.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2018

It has been a long and interesting ride, where I tried cool innovative virtual reality hardware and I met awesome people. The training works: at the end of the session, my back felt as when in the gym I do exercises for my back. Today has been my last day at Gamescom. It has been really tiresome, but I loved it. Really a great idea.

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Upload VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Quest will remain only as the hardware brand for Meta's first-party headsets. Two third-party companies have currently publicly announced they are building entirely new headsets running Meta Horizon OS: A "performance gaming headset" from ASUS under its Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand. Will this be true for XR too?

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AR Insider

MAY 10, 2021

So it’s time once again for our ongoing exercise to extrapolate unit sales. By “Oculus,” we mean hardware and software. We’ve separately estimated average software spend per user to be $125 (3-7 games). That’s about 28 percent of Oculus’s overall ARPU ($454), given $299-$399 hardware.*. Flywheel Effect.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In mature markets like smartphones, hardware players disclose figures — especially if public — but it’s a lot quieter on the early-stage front. That’s the case with VR, which becomes an exercise in gathering hints in perpetual market-sizing mode. Both exercises extrapolated hardware units based on software revenue disclosures.

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VR Fitness

JUNE 22, 2020

Virzoom, developers of the popular VR biking software, VZFit got a bit of mainstream attention this month with the publication in the British Journal of Health Psychology of a dual Brunel, London and Exeter University study on the benefits of virtual reality and music in motivating people to exercise.

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Upload VR

APRIL 25, 2024

As John Carmack pointed out earlier this week, Quest headsets are priced without the intention of making a hardware profit, because Meta can make this back with its cut of content sales on the platform. Other headset makers won't have this additional revenue stream, so will have to make their profit on the hardware itself.

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ARVR

AUGUST 11, 2022

This is an exercise we’ve done every quarter for several years, but with a different approach lately given Meta’s disclosures. Based on Meta’s Q4 and 2021 FY disclosures in January, we know that software (VR game and app sales) is about 23 percent of that. million*, making hardware $348.04 Older hardware cycles out.

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AR Insider

APRIL 8, 2020

Like in our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise, they’re each building wearables strategies that support or future-proof core businesses where tens of billions in annual revenues are at stake. In Bose’s case, that’s a leading position in high-end audio hardware. Hardware Blitz.

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ARPost

MAY 26, 2021

Patients are guided through motions and exercises through the display as well as by a remotely located human therapist who also helps with pain management. Shout Out to Hardware. This article is about software experiences and companies, but they wouldn’t be possible without hardware solutions. The Future of Mental Health.

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Cats and VR

JULY 24, 2017

First of all Superhot VR is an excellent game and perhaps my second favorite Playstation VR title right behind Resident Evil 7. According to the interwebs it is currently the top game for Playstation VR owners who also have cats. When the game works it works soooo well. THE GAME IS A F **G WORKOUT! I give Superhot VR 8.5/10

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

After pre-launch rumors of a cheaper ‘lite” Quest or a more-loaded “Pro” Quest… we ended up getting the best of both: upgraded hardware with a $100 price dip. — Cloudhead Games reports that Pistol Whip saw a 10x increase in sales since the Quest 2’s launch. So what are those signals?

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2021

So it’s time once again for our ongoing exercise to reason-out its unit sales. That total includes hardware and software. We’ve separately estimated average software spend per user to be $125 (3–7 games). That’s about 28 percent of Oculus’s overall ARPU ($454), given $299-$399 hardware.* That makes hardware revenue $421.2

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2022

Virtual reality and metaverse are mainly associated with men and gaming. White men are particularly leading the charge in today’s top gaming platforms such as Roblox, Sandbox, and Decentraland. The company may loan the necessary hardware in the initial training stages.

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ARPost

MAY 18, 2022

“We kind of thought about a mashup of futuristic exercises and a mid-century style gym.”. Modeled after a physical gym for your body, the Mind Gym is composed of over 60 different mental exercises, arranged from warm-ups, to “special equipment,” to cool-downs. You can hijack the mind to treat the body with VR.”.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 28, 2021

A pple-related hardware rumors have become a favorite pastime in the AR world. We’ve been asking ourselves this question in light of our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise. That hardware could sit at the center of a wearables suite that will redeem the iPhone’s decelerating growth.

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AR Insider

APRIL 29, 2021

The latest such exercise zeroes in on headworn AR revenues. This is the starting point for the headworn AR opportunity, as other revenue categories like software build on the hardware base. These totals include enterprise and consumer hardware, the former leading in early years. million in 2024. million units in market by 2024.

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ARVR

MAY 9, 2022

Based on Meta’s Q4 and 2021 FY disclosures in January, we know that software (VR game and app sales) makes up about 23 percent of that. million*, making hardware $535.15 This averages out at $349, but we’ve reduced the estimated hardware ARPU to $329 due to weighted sales for the base model (common for new hardware).

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 14, 2021

From games like Wii Tennis to accessories like the Wii Balance Board, Nintendo has mad it possible to turn its consoles into fitness devices to help gamers get active. But hardware hacker Mike Choi may have just come up with the ultimate way to stay fit with the Switch by turning Mario Kart 8 Deluxe into a full-body workout Read more.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

If we look at enterprise head-worn AR market sizing from our research arm, ARtillery Intelligence , annual hardware and software spend is projected to reach $2.05 Because the deal’s accounting and amortization details aren’t public, let’s assume for the sake of this exercise that it’s distributed evenly.

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VRScout

MARCH 22, 2019

Manus VR, best known for their cutting-edge haptic feedback VR gloves , have been using their proprietary tech in a variety of fields for years, influencing everything from motion capture and automobile production, to immersive gaming and healthcare. With our experience in virtual reality we feel like we can make a difference.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 18, 2022

One such exercise recently zeroed in on headworn AR revenues. Drilling down, our latest Behind the Numbers installment zeroes in hardware unit sales. These are key questions as hardware is the starting point for an ecosystem in any emerging tech. How many AR glasses are shipping today? million in 2026. million in 2026.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In mature markets like smartphones, hardware players disclose figures — especially if public — but it’s a lot quieter on the early-stage front. That’s the case with VR, which becomes an exercise in gathering hints in perpetual market-sizing mode. Sometimes there are gifts like Sony’s frequent disclosures while boasting PSVR sales.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2023

Now a report from Bloomberg maintains the Cupertino tech giant is also prepping a dizzying number of first-party apps, including gaming, fitness, video and collaboration tools. Fitness+ : will let users exercise while watching an instructor in VR. It’s also said that gaming will be a major focus—a reversal from previous reports.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So it’s time once again for our quarterly exercise to extrapolate unit sales. By “Quest 2 related,” we mean hardware and software. We’ve separately estimated quarterly average software spend to be $20 per user (about 1 game). That makes hardware $506 million of the above $624 million. That comes to $624 million.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2020

Unfortunate wording aside, it sounds like internal conflict back-burnered any chance of the block-based sandbox game from arriving on the 6DOF standalone. It’s a pity, considering even the now largely obsolete Samsung Gear VR has its own bespoke version of the game , which was released in the 2016 heyday of the 3DOF mobile VR headset.

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