Former EA CEO John Riccitiello has elaborated on his prediction that we'll see a “gap of disappointment” in the VR market.
Speaking at VentureBeat's GamesBeat summit, the Unity CE said that 2016 is a "masking tape and twine year" for VR.
“The truth this year is that from a hardware and a software perspective, it’s a masking tape and twine year,” he said, as recorded by VentureBeat. “These things are barely making it to the shelf. They’re barely making it to the consumer. They do magical things. I’m a giant bull on the long-term opportunities for VR and AR. But these revenue forecasts for the early years—they’re going to miss their numbers in 2016 by 80 percent. They’ll miss them again in 2017 by 60 percent or more.”
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Speaking at VentureBeat's GamesBeat summit, the Unity CE said that 2016 is a "masking tape and twine year" for VR.
“The truth this year is that from a hardware and a software perspective, it’s a masking tape and twine year,” he said, as recorded by VentureBeat. “These things are barely making it to the shelf. They’re barely making it to the consumer. They do magical things. I’m a giant bull on the long-term opportunities for VR and AR. But these revenue forecasts for the early years—they’re going to miss their numbers in 2016 by 80 percent. They’ll miss them again in 2017 by 60 percent or more.”
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