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Digi-Capital Report: A Continuing Downward Trend in XR Investments
The willingness to invest declines in times of adversity and the same applies when it to the XR market. The fourth quarter of 2019 witnessed a significant decline in the…
SteamVR March 2020 Hardware Survey Shows 1 Million VR Users Have a VR Headset
Valve has been collecting more accurate VR usage data on Steam from March 2020. Let’s see what these numbers say. For the March hardware survey, Valve updated the survey figures…
Facebook to Show New VR Games at Online Game Developers Showcase on March 16 to 19
A few weeks back, Facebook pulled out of the 2020 Game Developers Conference (GDC) over coronavirus concerns and the show was eventually cancelled. Facebook is now planning to host an…
XR Report: More than $4.1 Billion Was Invested in AR and VR in 2019
Digi-Capital has released a 370-page Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Report for the Q1 of 2020 as well as a 500,000 data point AR/VR Analytics Platform. The company’s Analytics Platform tracked $…
SteamVR February 2020 Hardware Survey Shows a Decrease in VR Usage
The monthly Steam survey for February is out. There wasn’t much action in the month of February and the proportion of Virtual Reality users also fell following the Christmas high.…
106 VR Titles Generated More than $1 Million in Revenues in 2019
The VR industry might be seeing a sluggish growth but there are areas of the ecosystem that are seeing some good traction. One of the best ways to see how…
A Recap of XR News the Past Week
Prince of Persia VR Escape Room It has been a busy week in XR. Here are some of the highlights of the most important industry developments over the past seven…
Five of the Most Important VR, AR, MR Events in 2020
Like 2019, this year will see a plethora of immersive events and developments ranging from expos to trade shows, conferences and smaller-scale meetups among others. Each of these events will…
Number of VR Gamers Now Surpasses Number of Linux Gamers on Steam
It might not be a major development but last month's SteamVR data shows there was a symbolic VR usage milestone that was passed in 2019 as pointed out by this…
Top Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Trends to Watch for in 2020
2019 was a good year for XR with plenty of product launches, patents, innovations and a general impressive financial performance. Breakthrough technologies in the immersive industry began to seep into…