Is 2020 the year of AR or VR? When are augmented reality and virtual reality going to really make an impact on our lives? I’ve compiled a whole bunch of AR & VR predictions for you.
This series of posts is now an annual feature on this blog. However, this year they’ll be shorter and published weekly.
2020 & Beyond AR & VR Predictions
This post covers AR & VR predictions from 2020 through 2035. They cover
Please note that some of these predictions are in French. They are indicated with FR – before the prediction.
Augmented Reality
2021
- AR app downloads to top 2.3bn by 2021, advanced-television.com, 10/27/2016
- Apple, Facebook to drive mobile AR to 1bn+ users by 2021, advanced-television.com, Jun 7, 2017
- Judged by 2016, mobile AR/VR market looks bright through 2021, thewrap.com Jan 17, 2017
2022
- There will be 1.8B mobile AR users by 2022, mediapost.com Apr 26, 2017
- Digi-Capital: AR to approach $90bn revenue by 2022, advanced-television.com, 1/31/17
2035
- AR Market Projected To Reach $1.3 Trillion, 25% Of Online Commerce By 2035, mediapost.com Oct 24
Virtual Reality
2020
- 30m Virtual Reality headsets sold by 2020, advanced-television.com, Sept 15, 2015
- VR revenue could be $120bn by 2020, advanced-television.com, Jan 13, 2016
- Smart Glasses May Replace Smartphones by 2020, EETimes, by Jessica Lipsky, 3/15/2016
2021
- VR gambling to grow 800% by 2021, advanced-television.com, Oct 11, 2016
- China will have 86m VR headsets by 2021, warc.com by Warc, Jun 12, 2017
- Judged by 2016, mobile AR/VR market looks bright through 2021, thewrap.com Jan 17, 2017
- 100 Million VR Headsets Projected By 2021, mediapost.com Feb 15, 2017
2022
- VR to generate $6bn revenue by 2022, advanced-television.com by Colin Mann Aug 9, 2017
2023
- VR content creation market worth $41bn by 2023, advanced-television.com, May 17, 2017
2025
- Consumer VR revenue to top $18bn in 2025, advanced-television.com, Jan 8, 2016
2026
- Reality Check = $38 Billion Dollars By 2026, c3metrics.com by Justin Campagnone, Nov 8
