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Global economic impact from virtual and augmented reality technology 2016-2020

Projected economic impact of virtual and augmented reality technologies worldwide from 2016 to 2020 (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)
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The data displays 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 USD in 2020.

2016 0.9 2.5 3.1
2017 1.6 4.2 7.1
2018 2.5 6.7 12.6
2019 3.8 10.4 19.7
2020 5.8 15.6 29.5