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posted by cmn32480 on Friday July 27 2018, @07:08PM   Printer-friendly
from the virtually-assured dept.

HTC has hit back against claims of declining VR sales figures:

The blog post in particular references a report from Digital Trends which talks about VR sales figures from Amazon, and proceeds to point out a number of ways which the data presented could be misleading.

Several points made by HTC Vive are ones that have also been addressed by VRFocus, as seen in an article about the modern VR cycle, and some comments in the weekly VR vs. article. HTC Vive were not pulling punches right from the very start, evening saying in the introduction: "Analyst reports are in and apparently, it's curtains for Virtual Reality (VR). Pardon us if we're not heeding the alarms. News of the so-called death of VR comes once a year and is greatly exaggerated."

From there, the blog post proceeds in a point-by-point fashion, discussing how early consumer VR was largely driven by smartphone-based devices such as the Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard. Not only have these devices been superseded by standalone units like the Oculus Go, which offer a better visual experience, but the promotional offers which were available for phone launches have now long since passed. HTC Vive also point out that PC-based VR companies are yet to release any solid sales figures, and that much of the growth of premium VR has been centered around location-based VR centres, something which the Digital Trends report did not address.

Vive blog post.

Related: HTC's Vive Pro to Launch on April 5
Facebook Launches Oculus Go, a $200 Standalone VR Headset
VirtualLink Consortium Announces USB Type-C Specification for VR Headsets


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  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday July 27 2018, @08:28PM (4 children)

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Friday July 27 2018, @08:28PM (#713824) Journal

    Yes, some, obviously.
    Some people also bought Apple Newtons (guilty), Virtual Boys, and Pebbles.
    Some also bought iPads, PCs, and ordered from Amazon.
    Time will still tell about VR. It's still largely technology waiting for a niche use case and waiting for prices to fall enough to make it mainstream.

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  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Friday July 27 2018, @10:32PM (3 children)

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 27 2018, @10:32PM (#713857) Homepage Journal

    Apple Newtons were great!

    • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Saturday July 28 2018, @06:35AM

      by mhajicek (51) on Saturday July 28 2018, @06:35AM (#713942)

      I prefer the fig Newtons.

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    • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday July 28 2018, @10:13AM

      by acid andy (1683) on Saturday July 28 2018, @10:13AM (#713958) Homepage Journal

      I hate Crapple and even I thought the Newton was pretty cool!

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    • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday July 30 2018, @02:54PM

      by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday July 30 2018, @02:54PM (#714748) Journal

      They were great. They were far better than anything Palm offered until they went color, and were much better than the offerings of Windows PDAs even after color. But they were also a failed technology. It lasted 5 years of production, just long enough for the cheaper Palm to eat their lunch. A lot of people bought into them during those five years, including me. My MessagePad 2k is still around somewhere and still booted the last time I tried it, like 3-4 years ago.

      Time will tell if VR will find a solid spot to be a permanent player, or just a niche that lasts awhile then goes away. (I'm sure that some form of VR will survive, and I think it has a good shot at becoming consumer-normal. But not now or today. Not dead yet, still not thriving.)

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