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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)

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