• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Gameranx

Gameranx

Video Game News, Lists & Guides

  • News
  • Features
  • Platforms
    • Xbox Series X
    • PS5
    • Nintendo
  • Videos
  • Upcoming Games
  • Guides
Updates

VR Industry Sees Massive Boom During Holiday Season

Dec 31, 2021 Carley Garcia

New installations of the Oculus app jumped 150% over the Christmas weekend.

VR

A number of VR developers have reported that 2021 is the best holiday season for the industry on record, specifically for Meta’s Quest 2 headset. Virtual reality content and hardware have continued to improve and expand year after year, and the technology found a place under plenty of Christmas trees this year. New installations of the Oculus mobile app jumped more than 150% over the holiday weekend when compared to past years, with over 650,000 people grabbing the software between December 24 to 26. The starting price of the Meta Quest 2 is $300, so the parent company of Oculus and Facebook is seeing a very profitable end to 2021.

The free social VR app Rec Room also saw record numbers over the Christmas weekend, with over 1 million VR players logging into the experience over a 60 hour period. Earlier this year, it took Rec Room an entire month to hit this milestone. Following this massive leap in interest, Rec Room is now hiring for over 60 positions. Developer of Hand Physics Lab Dennys Kuhnert said that sales of the app have been “unprecedented,” while a developer of Golf+ is on record saying that the developers had to “scale up to manage the concurrently connected users” on Christmas Day. Developers of the multiplayer game Gorilla Tag also indicated 344,000 unique users during the holiday weekend, with 26,000 concurrent users.

While other virtual reality products like PSVR have also sold relatively well, Meta’s Quest 2 has been the main force driving VR forward over the past few months. Earlier this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a plan to invest $10 billion to build the metaverse, a virtual world he aims to make the standard for social networking, gaming, and work. While this vision will likely take years and years to come to fruition, those with Meta headsets will further provide data used to further understand how typical users interact with virtual reality. Whether this is a good thing or not, well, only time will tell.

Source

Share this article:

Facebook0Tweet0LinkedIn0

Sidebar

Connect with Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Articles You’ll Enjoy

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Glide Across The Sky Infinitely With This Zonai Device Trick

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Ulri Mountain Shrines and Solutions

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – How To Make The Most Powerful Fused Weapons | Ancient Blade Guide

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – How To Get The Full Zora Set | Locations Guide

Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive email notifications of new posts and updates.


  • About
  • News
  • Contact
  • Back to Top

Copyright © 2023 · Gameranx · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding