The statistic shows three growth scenarios for global economic impact of augmented and virtual reality from 2016 to 2020. In the high-adoption scenario, the economic impact of VR/AR is forecast to amount to 29.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2020.
Projected economic impact of virtual and augmented reality technologies worldwide from 2016 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
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* Aggregate estimate of economic impact includes both the revenues generated from selling VR/AR devices in the next five years as well as additional GDP that will potentially be generated by economic activity in the larger VR/AR ecosystem.
Low adoption: Only innovators purchase VR/AR;
Medium adoption: Both innovators and early adopters purchase VR/AR;
Widespread adoption: Including innovators, early adopters and an early majority.
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Analysis Group, & KZero. (February 16, 2016). Projected economic impact of virtual and augmented reality technologies worldwide from 2016 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/615968/global-virtual-and-augmented-reality-economic-impact/
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Analysis Group, KZero. (2016). Projected economic impact of virtual and augmented reality technologies worldwide from 2016 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/615968/global-virtual-and-augmented-reality-economic-impact/
Analysis Group, and KZero. "Projected Economic Impact of Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies Worldwide from 2016 to 2020 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Feb 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/615968/global-virtual-and-augmented-reality-economic-impact/
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