Oculus Quest 2 Spurs 92% Jump in AR/VR Headset Shipments in '21, Says IDC
Meta’s Oculus Quest 2 took 78% of the AR/VR market in 2021, driving a 92.1% spike in AR/VR headset shipments to 11.2 million, said IDC Monday. The Quest 2’s "very accessibly priced headset” moved beyond the core gaming market, “piquing…
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the interest of non-gamers as well as businesses,” said analyst Jitesh Ubrani. Meta “still lacks major competitors,” but that’s likely to change over the next 12-18 months when Sony is expected to re-enter the space with the PSVR2, Ubrani said. IDC also expects Apple and other smartphone vendors to eventually launch AR/VR headsets. AR headsets comprise a "small fraction" of the overall AR/VR headset market, with most sales coming from the commercial segment, said analyst Tom Mainelli. "Consumer AR is still largely the domain of smartphones and tablets and will likely remain so in the near term," he said. The metaverse is driving hype -- and investment -- for AR, VR, and adjacent technologies, but IDC doesn't expect it to have an impact on headset volume near term. DPVR was in second place with 5.1% share last year, on success in Asian markets; ByteDance’s Pico VR had 4.5% share on strength in Asian and North American markets, said the research firm.