Report that sales of 'Oculus' exceeded Xbox


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Maximilian Prandstätter

2021 is a year in which future growth in the VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) fields is expected, such as Facebook announcing that it will change its name to 'Meta' and strengthen its efforts for Metaverse. was. In 2021, data scientist Jack Soslow reports that sales related to Meta's VR brand 'Oculus' exceeded Microsoft's game console brand 'Xbox'.




Mr. Soslow quoted information from VGChartz , which records sales information for video game consoles, etc., and sales of Meta's VR brand 'Oculus' in 2021 exceeded sales of products of Microsoft's game console brand 'Xbox'. I am reporting that. For this reason, Mr. Soslow calls 2021 the 'Year of VR' and states that 'it marks the beginning of the superiority of VR and AR.'



In July 2021, Facebook's earnings report revealed that the company's revenues were up 56% year-on-year, the highest growth since 2016. Facebook said it was aiming to create a 'virtual environment where people could spend time together in a digital space,' said Mark Zuckerberg, 'in the next few years, people will make us a Metaverse company, not a social media company.' It will be regarded as 'to be regarded as', 'he said, talking about the future prospects of VR devices.

Facebook's revenue increased 56% year-on-year and grew at the fastest pace since 2016, but the outlook is unclear due to 'headwinds of Apple's advertising strategy', and we will focus on the virtual space 'Metaverse' in the future --GIGAZINE



Facebook is its name to Meta subsequently October change . Zuckerberg said that he will develop technology and build business with the vision that 'VR devices will become better devices than computers in the next 10 years' with the Metaverse concept as the main business. Was done. Regarding the company's transition to the Metaverse company, executives said, 'We will be able to do more with Metaverse,' and different people on VR with various services, games and contents that have existed so far. He said that he has an opinion that the point that he can experience with him is excellent.

Meta executives talk about Facebook's transition from social media company to Metaverse company-GIGAZINE



Meta acquired Oculus, which develops the immersive 3D head-up display 'Oculus Rift' in 2014, and released the first consumer VR headset ' Oculus Rift ' in 2016. In 2017, we announced the standalone VR headset ' Oculus Go ', in 2018 we announced the successor 'Oculus Quest ', and in 2020 we announced the ' Oculus Quest 2 ' which powered up the Oculus Quest. We announced and have been making efforts to develop and popularize VR devices. Oculus Quest 2 is temporarily large amounts of recall as there is a problem with the parts was done though, is that of that stretched steady sales. In addition, the trial of Total Recall Technologies of technology companies during the acquisition of Oculus is 'Oculus was supposed to provide the Rift to the Company' appealed and is, in favor of the Facebook side in 2021 October has been down the curtain .



In terms of software, Facebook is showing a stance of business development from multiple fields, such as announcing the beta version of the VR world 'Facebook Horizon' that users can play freely in the world created by themselves in 2019. The service, which allows you to enter the world using Oculus Quest, was renamed 'Horizon Worlds' in October 2021 and was released for free to users over the age of 18 in the United States and Canada in December of the same year. ..

Regarding this Horizon Worlds, Andrew Bosworth, who leads the Metaverse business of Meta, said, 'When the idea to metaverse the entire company was born, I was forced to have my own product.' I was talking. The prospect of building a mechanism to migrate existing applications and services to the Metaverse by deploying 'Horizon Workrooms ' and 'Horizon Home' developed for the same purpose, and the idea that various services will be born within the Metaverse. Is also mentioned in-house.

Zuckerberg said that he is looking to the future vision of 'controlling global warming' by taking communication with AR devices such as smart glasses as well as VR, and the AR industry is becoming more and more important. He states the view that he will become sexual. Meta is a leader in the VR equipment industry in the Oculus series, but CEO Zuckerberg says that AR that adds digital information to the actual view is positioned to shape the future, and the development of the AR industry. It is also reported that Meta is developing AR smart glasses in partnership with Looks Otica, the world's largest eyeglass manufacturer with sunglasses brand 'Ray-Ban'.

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