Road to VR

MARCH 2, 2018

According to Valve’s February Steam hardware and software survey, the Oculus Rift is now the most used VR headset on the Steam platform, taking the market share of VR headsets on Steam with a near 2% lead over its competitor HTC Vive. This is the first time Rift has surpassed Vive in Valve’s monthly survey.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

In Facebook’s quarterly earnings call yesterday, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the Oculus Store had sold nearly $5 million worth of content on Christmas Day alone. Releasing support for Oculus Link a month before Christmas, Quest users can also now play Rift games too by connecting to a VR-ready PC with a USB-C cable.

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Road to VR

MARCH 2, 2019

The latest data from Valve’s Steam Survey shows the Rift and Windows VR headsets continuing growth streaks in their share of monthly-connected headsets on Steam, snatching share mostly from the Vive and Vive Pro.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

In the latest set of data from Valve’s monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey, the Oculus Rift and Windows VR headsets posted gains in marketshare at the expense of the HTC Vive. Participation in the survey is optional. Image courtesy Valve.

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AR Insider

APRIL 27, 2020

Oculus Quest has been the accelerant that the VR industry needs. Healthier content libraries can also be seen from ARtillery Intelligence’s consumer survey data with Thrive Analytics. But perhaps a more telling metric goes straight to the source: Oculus Quest Store data. Oculus Quest Store is a good proxy for that.

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AR Insider

APRIL 22, 2021

ARtillery Intelligence authored survey questions and a narrative report while Thrive Analytics administered the survey through its established survey engine and ongoing Virtual Reality Monitor research. On the bright side, Standalone VR – exemplified by Oculus Quest 2 — was a standout in this year’s survey.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 1, 2017

According to the latest figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has picked up an additional 3.1% Participation in the survey is optional. The post Oculus Rift Closes in on Steam Majority Market Share appeared first on Road to VR. of the market share of VR headsets on Steam.

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Road to VR

APRIL 7, 2020

The latest Steam Survey data became available this week, showing a record number of headsets in use on the platform as well as a surprising shift in the popularity of specific headsets. That’s based on March 2020 data released this week from Valve’s Steam Survey. Oculus Quest has surpassed Vive Cosmos (2.89% vs. 1.25%).

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Road to VR

AUGUST 26, 2016

In a survey published by VRDC, AR and VR developers are largely leaning toward platform agnostic development for their next projects. See Also: Platform Politics – Inside the Oculus and ‘Revive’ Dilemma. While the figure above is interesting, it should be noted that the sample size of the survey is only 500 respondents.

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Road to VR

MARCH 5, 2019

Facebook has been pretty hands-off when it comes to providing VR solutions for enterprise, although that may be changing with the entrance of bonafide enterprise versions for both Oculus Quest and Oculus Go. SEE ALSO Rift and Windows VR Continue Growth Streaks at Expense of Vive in Latest Steam Survey.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2018

These apps hope to make the Oculus Go your next entertainment device. The $200 standalone VR headset from Oculus has finally arrived. the Oculus Go is part of Oculus’ larger goal to getting one billion consumers into VR. With Oculus Go, iPhone users around the world can now finally jump into VR with something comparable.

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VRWorld

MARCH 7, 2018

The Oculus Rift surpassed the HTC Vive in popularity among Steam users for the first time, according to the results of the latest monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey. The survey, which scans users’ PCs for different hardware components, found that the Oculus Rift accounts for 47.31 percent share of the market.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2020

The latest Steam Survey data is the first time we’re seeing the impact of Half-Life: Alyx in the numbers; although the game launched in late March, Valve advised that most survey data is collected early in each month, so the impact of the game’s launch wasn’t truly revealed until now. Share of VR Headsets on Steam.

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AR Insider

MAY 20, 2020

ARtillery Intelligence authored survey questions and a narrative report while Thrive Analytics administered the survey through its established survey engine and ongoing Virtual Reality Monitor research. The Virtual Reality Monitor applies Thrive Analytics’ acumen and time-tested practices in survey research.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2020

Valve just released its Steam Hardware Survey for May , and it seems there’s been zero pull-back in connected headsets one month after the usership surge. Connected Oculus Quest headsets, which account for 7.46% of the total number of connect headsets now, made a gain of 1.43% in May alone—making for the largest increase among the lot.

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AR Insider

MAY 21, 2020

adults in Thrive’s established consumer survey engine. At a high level, 19 percent of consumers surveyed have bought or used a VR headset, up from 16 percent in 2019. As noted, survey results indicate that it currently stands at 19 percent. As noted, survey results indicate that it currently stands at 19 percent.

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ARPost

MAY 30, 2022

The Women in the “Oculus Quest Ladies” group , which is 20 thousand members strong, frequently cite the ability to explore and engage safely as what drew them to VR. In our survey, the emergence of lifestyle and fitness content is cited as the main driver for women’s VR adoption. Creating Safe VR Spaces for Women.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 12, 2017

Each year, attendees take part in a lengthy survey that serves as the foundation for the conference’s State of the Industry document — this year’s results proved very interesting. In addition, 19% of developers said they were working on an Oculus Rift game while all the others were under 10%.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

Surprisingly, Steam appears to have retained nearly all of the growth in VR usage brought on by Alyx four months after the launch of the game, according to Valve’s monthly Steam Survey. Oculus Quest also had a big month ( +1.26%) for an overall 10.13% share of headsets. Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam.

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Road to VR

MAY 17, 2017

Oculus’ new developer hub website is up and running, featuring better navigation, documentation and search capabilities. The improvements address many of the requests and feedback received from the recent global developer survey, and follows an initiative to increase overall support for the developer community.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 20, 2021

Working closely with Thrive Analytics , ARtillery Intelligence authored questions to be fielded through its established survey engine to more than 46,000 U.S. Following the last episode on the corresponding AR survey data, we now dive into consumer VR flavor of the study. VR Usage & Consumer Attitudes, Wave V. Keep it Simple.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 2, 2024

The data point comes from the Steam Hardware & Software Survey. That took it past the original HTC Vive, and on its current trajectory it probably won't be long until it surpasses the Oculus Rift S to take the #3 spot. Quest 3 was the fourth most used VR headset on Steam in December, surpassing the original HTC Vive.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 15, 2021

To demystify the data Road to VR maintains a model, based on the historical survey data along with official data points directly from Valve and Steam, which aims to correct for Steam’s changing population to estimate the actual count —not the percent —of headsets being used on Steam.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This data comes from the Steam Hardware & Software Survey , which is offered to a random sample of Steam’s user base each month. PlayStation VR2's official PC adapter and SteamVR driver launched in August, meaning many adapter buyers will have been surveyed while they were still waiting for it to ship, or before they set it up.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 4, 2021

Third-person VR platformer Ven VR Adventure , which launched on PC VR last holiday season, is now set for an August 12th release date on Oculus Quest. Ven VR Adventure launched initially on Oculus PC in December 2020 and on Steam in January. The game has been confirmed for PSVR as well, but there’s no word on a launch date.

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VRScout

JULY 14, 2017

Oculus seeks to bridge the gap between PC and mobile VR with a mid-level headset. Oculus is all up in the news lately. The Facebook-owned VR manufacturer shut down its Oculus Stories department and revealed a ridiculous $399 Rift & Touch bundle sale running throughout the entire summer.

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Road to VR

MARCH 2, 2021

Quest 2, despite being a standalone headset, has helped to drive much of the growth thanks to its ability to connect to a PC to play PC VR games on Oculus PC or Steam. Another month, another record high count for the VR usership on Steam. It has become the most used headset on Steam for the first time. Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2020

Valve’s monthly Steam Survey has long offered useful insight into the share of VR headsets in use on Steam. Participation in the survey is optional, and headsets aren’t counted if they aren’t powered on and recognized by Steam at the moment that the data is collected. Year over year, monthly-connected headsets are up 75%.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Following the open-sourcing of the Rift DK1 plans back in 2014 , Oculus today released the recipe for the Rift DK2, the company’s second development kit headset released in 2014. On the company’s developer blog today, Oculus open-sourced the Rift DK2 plans under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

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VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Released exclusively on Oculus Quest in April of 2020, Supernatural has established itself as one of the most prominent fitness experiences available on VR headsets. Look forward to surveys and ways to make your voice heard as we grow.” This marks the latest in a series of major acquisitions by the company.

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Road to VR

JULY 2, 2018

The monthly Steam hardware survey is out again, and while June hasn’t revealed any major upsets in the balances of usership between HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, the survey shows that Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets are making slow, but steady headway on the platform. Participation in the survey is optional.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 30, 2019

Valve’s monthly Steam Survey has long offered some useful insight into which headsets are actively connected to users computers and the share of the Steam population that’s using each, but the figures provided are relative to the non-static Steam population, which obfuscates the actual adoption trend of VR headsets on the platform.

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AR Insider

JUNE 3, 2021

Working closely with Thrive Analytics , ARtillery Intelligence authored questions to be fielded through its established survey engine to more than 46,000 U.S. Starting at a high level, 23 percent of survey respondents have used or own a VR headset. As for other adoption drivers, the standout in this year’s forecast was Oculus Quest.

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AR Insider

MAY 7, 2020

Working closely with Thrive Analytics , ARtillery Intelligence authored questions to be fielded through its established survey engine to more than 1000 U.S. So the name of the game is ease of use and replayability, and we see that continuing to improve with the growth in standalone headsets like Oculus Quest. So we set out for answers.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Latest Steam survey reveals sales of VR headsets are grinding to a halt The two current high-end virtual reality headsets – the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive – may be incredible pieces of technology, but it seems most consumers still aren’t convinced that they’re worth spending $600-$800 on. percent own an Oculus Rift.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Quest 3 was the third most used VR headset on Steam in January, surpassing Oculus Rift S and almost catching up to Valve Index. The data comes from the Steam Hardware & Software Survey. As we predicted it would last month, Quest 3 is now used more on Steam than the PC-native Oculus Rift S.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2018

According to the just-released December figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has for the first time claimed the ‘Most Popular’ designation on the platform. Participation in the survey is optional. SEE ALSO HTC: Valve is Still "very committed" to Making its Three Full VR Games.

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