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This is the first I've heard the claim that VR/AR revenue is skewed to enterprise and military. Can you share some links on this? I did a search and while I found a lot of discussion of _investment_ being skewed in that direction, I'm having difficulty finding any evidence that revenue is likewise skewed.

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Anecdotal from knowing a lot of fellow entrepreneurs in the space that pivoted into things like hazardous environment training, etc don't have any hard supporting evidence sorry. Specifically most of these companies were originally trying to do games and/or consumer AR/VR apps but were forced to pivot due to lack of traction.

For what it's worth, I have a very, very hard time believing that the _revenue_ in the AR/VR space outside of games is even 5% of the total. If it was a big market, you wouldn't see companies like Microsoft and to a lesser extent WEbex etc. floundering so hard with their non-game-focused products. Even 5% seems unbelievable generous given that, for example, Webex Hologram has $0 revenue and Microsoft's DoD Hololens project is all but dead on launch.

I’ve been in the enterprise vr industry for almost 7 years, and you’re correct with your estimate being very close to where I’d put it. The vast majority of revenue is from gaming.

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