AR/VR Headset Sales Decline Is Temporary: IDC
ComputerWorld, Tuesday, June 18th, 2024
A steep year-on-year drop in global shipments in Q1 was the result of market in transition.
Shipments of augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets dropped 67.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2024 as a result of an evolution in the market, new data from International Data Corp. (IDC) reveals.
'The decline in shipments was expected as the market transitions to include new categories such as Mixed Reality (MR) and Extended Reality (ER),' IDC noted Tuesday. 'Despite the decline, the average selling price (ASP) rose to over $1,000 as Apple entered the market and incumbents such as Meta focused on premium headsets such as the Quest 3.'