According to Futuresource Consulting, the VR headset market sees shipments grow by 5% in 2019, and while sales growth is slowing down the outlook remains positive for the near future.
As the analyst puts it, customers prefer to purchase next generation devices over dispensable low-tech mobile viewers, giving content creators the opportunity to showcase more immersive experiences and the potential of the VR medium. As such, one can safely describe mobile as the weakest link in the market chain, with shipments falling by -11% to below 11 million units in 2019.
All-in-One headsets (AIO) also underperform in 2019, at least relative to early ear expectations. Such a shift in fortunes is primarily due to a change in market direction. Vendors are focusing on high-quality 6 degree of freedom (DoF) experiences, as opposed to the standard 3DoF interface responsible for the rapid mobile and AIO growth of 2017.
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