Also among the leaders are games with mixed reality support and simulators,” the report of the agency company Curran Games Agency says.

This year, Americans spent 2% less on VR headsets compared to 2021, CNBC reports, citing data from the NPD Group. Their expenses decreased to $1.1 billion.

This is almost three times more than in 2022. According to Omdia estimates, only 26 million people currently have VR headsets.

The global VR market is on the rise. According to the forecast of Newzoo analysts, in two years its revenue will exceed $ 3 billion, despite the fact that in 2019 it was only $ 0.5 billion.

The VR market managed to achieve an “explosive” investment growth, not least thanks to the support from the authorities, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China reported.

It is reported that Apple has attracted two top managers to develop projects related to mixed reality. It is possible that the company is preparing to announce its own MR device.

On behalf of five Chinese ministries, a plan was published according to which the country plans to put 25 million VR devices on the market by 2026.

В 2020 году немецкий суд постановил, что Meta* злоупотребляет доминирующим положением в стране. Спустя три месяца после этого компания перестала продавать в Германии все свои VR-гарнитуры. Такое решение больно сказалось на доходах местных разработчиков.

The SideQuest VR application platform has received additional investments. The company will create tools to help developers port games to Oculus Quest.

It seems that Facebook has asked developers to make a number of changes to the VR version of Resident Evil 4 for Oculus Quest 2. The authors have removed some phrases and jokes from the dialogues that they considered sexist and obscene. Also, the final scene completely disappeared from the game. Fans called this approach censorship.

Facebook has decided to slightly update business processes in companies. She announced the launch of an open beta test of the Horizon Workrooms platform. This is a VR space where teams can work remotely or hold meetings.

Resolution Games studio, which creates VR games, received $25 million from investors. The company plans to spend the collected money on creating games-services in virtual reality.

Creative Mobile, which specializes in mobile games, based in Estonia, has its first successes on VR on Steam. In 6 months, her game Into The Radius earned $ 500 thousand. The developers have plans to bring this amount to a million dollars already in 2021.

Released three years ago, Beat Saber can still compete for the title of one of the most popular rhythm games for virtual reality. Studio Beat Games reported the sale of over 4 million copies of the title and 40 million songs from the DLC.

While Apple is investing in virtual reality, Google is shutting down VR services. The company has announced that it will no longer officially support the Tilt Brush 3D drawing application. From now on, its source can be found on GitHub.

It seems that Apple is seriously interested in virtual reality technology. According to Bloomberg, the company is currently working on its own version of VR helmets. The first headset will be an expensive niche product, but it will be released next year.

The authors of the Rec Room social VR platform, which allows you to communicate and create your own games, reported on the achievement of a MAU of 1 million people. Half of the users are owners of Oculus Quest 2 helmets.It is worth noting that we are talking only about players with VR devices.

The cooperative VR horror Phasmophobia got into the top ten best-selling Steam games. This is the debut project of the indie studio Kinetic Games, which has only one developer on its staff.

Tokyo-based studio Thirdverse, which develops VR games, has raised $8.5 million. In the future, the company also plans to create entire virtual worlds using blockchain technologies.Thirverse received money as part of Round A, which was led by JAFCO, Presence Capital, Sisu Ventures and Incubate Fund.