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Oculus Quest is giving VR the boost it needs for mass adoption
As VR hardware sales approach $2.1 billion, we can put to rest any notion of VR being a fad.
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I'd wager that most of you reading this play games on a PC with a keyboard and mouse (or your controller of choice), while only a small fraction don a VR headset. Make no mistake, though, VR continues to grow, with the Oculus Quest driving VR hardware sales to new heights.
The Quest is a relative newcomer to the field of VR headsets, though only in the sense that it's a separate product from the Oculus Rift. It's also a standalone headset—it contains all the necessary hardware, rather than tasking users with tethering it to a PC or jamming a smartphone into the mask.
It seems the convenience, capabilities, and price ($399) of the Quest are a winning combination for would-be VR adopters to make the leap. To wit, Nielsen's SuperData Research says VR hardware revenue is on pace to hit $2.1 billion by the end of the year, up 31 percent from $1.6 billion in 2018, thanks in large part to the Quest.