Consumer VR Space in ‘Malaise,’ Spawning ‘Tempered Expectations,’ Says ABI
The virtual reality market has reached a “mobile fork in the road,” said ABI Research. Though 2018 tethered and stand-alone VR shipments are expected to exceed those of previous years, “mobile VR has taken a distant back seat,” it said…
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Wednesday. The consumer space “has entered a malaise and some within the content and video workflow space have tempered expectations,” it said. Mobile gaming “is a massive market due to its significant user base that VR has not yet tapped into in a significant way,” said ABI. “Without a large mobile VR user base, consumer-centric developers will focus on the premium side of the spectrum, where users are less price sensitive and generate more revenue per user.”