Bright future for augmented reality

Published on: April 19, 2017 / Update from: October 27, 2021 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein

By Mathias Brandt – You can find more statistics at Statista

Mark Zuckerberg announced corresponding innovations at the opening of the f8 developer conference

Facebook will rely on augmented and virtual reality in the future. Mark Zuckerberg announced corresponding innovations at the opening of the f8 developer conference. It seems logical that the largest social network in the world is developing its offering in this direction.

Analysts predict a rosy future for this technologically enhanced reality. IDC, for example, expects that augmented reality will reach a sales volume of around 49 billion US dollars by 2021, with applications and devices from the field of virtual reality expected to bring in a further 19 billion US dollars.