In 2019, more than $4.1 billion was invested in augmented and virtual reality projects. This is less than in 2018.

SuperData has launched a business intelligence platform called XR Market Intelligence. It tracks the state of the augmented reality market. The platform is useful, including publishers and developers, as well as investors.

The path to the heart of the mass consumer for modern VR technologies is still closed. This was stated by the creator of the Oculus Rift Palmer Lucky (Palmer Luckey) in his blog.

Investments in AR/VR games have come to naught. The sad situation of virtual and augmented reality games by the 4th quarter of the year is demonstrated by the report of Digi-Capital.

The Indian company Kaaya Tech plans to release HoloSuit gloves and suits for virtual reality by November of this year. The minimum goal of the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign was achieved in less than a week.

The analytical company SuperData presented a forecast of the development of the virtual and augmented reality industry in the next 3 years. According to him, by 2021, VR games will generate $3.3 billion. Revenues of virtual reality titles for 2017 amounted to $306 million.

The Russian government was offered to create a ministry for the development of new technologies and virtual reality. This initiative was made by Boris Chernyshov, Deputy head of the Education Committee of the State Duma.

Sony Corporation is waiting for 130 fresh projects for PlayStation VR this year in addition to the 150 available games. If the forecast comes true, the library of PSVR-compatible games will grow by 80% by the end of 2018.

Quarterly sales of virtual reality helmets exceeded 1 million devices for the first time. Such a number of VR headsets were implemented in the third quarter of 2017.

The share of owners of the Oculus Rift VR headset in August increased by 8.1% compared to the previous month and reached 43.8% of the total number of owners of virtual reality helmets among Steam users.

Game Bait! For Gear VR from the Swedish developer, Resolution Games has gained 500 thousand downloads in 3 months.

For the current year, virtual reality helmets will bring a total of $895 million in revenue to their creators. In terms of sales, mobile headsets will surpass devices for PCs and consoles. The figures were announced by the analytical firm Strategy Analytics.

Virtual reality without headsets, who on Twitter is now dealing with issues of communication with developers, as well as videos about the main trends in game art.

We continue to publish the final materials from App Annie. The experts of the analytical company tell us what to expect from the coming year for the mobile industry.

Over the past year, investors have invested $1 billion in AR and VR startups. Such conclusions were reached by the analytical company Digi-Capital.

Startup Resolution Games received $6 million in investments. According to the resource version Pocketgamer.biz this is the largest amount ever received by a studio engaged in the development of games for VR devices.

Virtual reality glasses from MergeVR startup are preparing to compete with Oculus and Samsung headsets. The device will cost about $129 and will be on sale this fall.

The Wear VR company has attracted investments of $1.5 million. With this money, she will develop a store of the same name for virtual reality games. The funds came from a group of American investors.