Wednesday, 5 April, 2023 UTC
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Summary
Illustration: The Verge
Apple is heavily rumored to reveal its long-awaited mixed reality headset in just a couple of months, but that reveal seems to be arriving at a time when demand for high-end VR is actually quite low.
According to a new blog post from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, some of the biggest recent bets in VR have largely flopped. Kuo reports that:
Sony has cut its 2023 production plan for the PS VR2 by about 20 percent.The product lifecycle shipment for Meta’s Quest Pro is only around 300,000 units.Pico (China’s largest AR/VR headset brand) shipments in 2022 were more than 40 percent lower than expected.
In other words, the impressive PSVR 2 hasn’t been as popular as Sony may have hoped, Meta Quest Pro sales barely scratch the surface of the Quest...
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