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Statistics & Research

Data-led explainers on virtual reality: how many people use it, how the hardware works and what the research says about comfort.

These pages sit apart from the daily news. Each one answers a single question about virtual reality with figures traced to the people who measured them: manufacturers, survey owners, market analysts and peer-reviewed studies. When better data is published, the page is revised and the update date changes.

How Many People Use VR? Headset Sales, Users and Steam Data How many people use VR? Headset shipments by year, Meta's market share, Steam VR usage by month, Reality Labs losses and smart glasses data, all sourced. How Do VR Headsets Work? Displays, Lenses, Tracking and Specs How VR headsets work, with data: displays, Fresnel vs pancake lenses, pixels per degree, 20 ms latency, tracking, and specs for 11 headsets since 2016. Why Does VR Make You Sick? Cybersickness Data and Research Why VR causes motion sickness, how common it is (22-81% in studies), who gets it worst, what triggers it and which fixes the research supports.