We’re Seriously Underestimating the Virtual-Reality Market

The next era of computing is not about the digital world, but about how the digital and analog worlds intersect, placing the user at the center of that intersection.

The next era of computing is not about the digital world, but about how the digital and analog worlds intersect, placing the user at the center of that intersection.

A recent report by the digital M&A firm Digi-Capital predicted that the combined AR and VR industries could be worth $150 billion by 2020.

That’s a big number. To put in perspective, the entire global video game industry is worth just $93 billion. Given the hype around VR and AR, it’s easy to be skeptical of that prediction. But there are real fundamentals at play that could make $150 billion seem like a conservative estimate.

http://recode.net/2015/05/26/were-seriously-underestimating-the-virtual-reality-market/