VR headsets to drive near-term growth, but AR headsets to gain momentum by 2020, says IDC

IDC is forecasting the combined augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset market to reach 13.7 million units in 2017, growing to 81.2 million units by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 56.1%. VR headsets will account for more than 90% of the market until 2019 while AR will account for the rest. In the final two years of forecast (2020-2021) IDC expects AR headsets to experience exponential growth as they capture a quarter of the market by the end of the forecast.

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