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Now its successor theMeta Quest 3 is following in its footsteps.

And the Quest 2 did sell very well out of the gate.

A Meta Quest 3 player sucking up Stay Puft Marshmallow Men from Ghostbusters in mixed reality using virtual tech extending from their controllers

The cheap Oculus Quest 2 made VR mainstream

Metas gone on to sell roughly 20 million Quest 2s,according to a March 2023 leak.

So, I hope other headset makers are paying attention.

A scary expensive VR future

The Apple Vision Pro is far from unpopular.

Oculus Quest 2 floating next to its handsets

The cheap Oculus Quest 2 made VR mainstream

The early popularity makes sense.

Apple has a way of driving the tech conversation and development in the direction it chooses.

The numbers in the Steam Hardware Survey have assuaged those fears.

Pie charts showing the relative popularity of different VR headsets, and the total number of people with a headset next to Steam’s Daily Active User count

And this is something Meta is proving it doesnt really have right now.

Where did my data come from?

As I mentioned above, most of the data for this piece has been gathered from theSteam Hardware Survey.

Lance Ulanoff wearing Apple Vision Pro

The Apple Vision had me a little concerned

The first assumption is that the Steam Hardware Surveys data is consistent for all users.

Also, without this assumption, I couldnt continue beyond this step as Id lack the data I need.

It also doesnt say how many people take part in the Hardware Survey.

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All it does publish is how many people are using Steam right now.

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