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RuneSR2
RuneSR2
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November 2, 2018
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Steam Hardware Survey - July 2025 results included (see latest post in this thread)

Latest results:



These results are compared, at least for the Rift, to August when Rift peaked at 0.35 %. Since August 2018 Rift has decreased about 6 % (from 0.35 to 0.33). Vive also decreased.  

Compared to other HMDs we see from April to September (note that this image hasn't been updated to October yet):



When updated to October I'd expect:

Rift = 45 %
Vive = 42 %
WMR = 8 %
Vive Pro = 3 %
Rift DK2 = 1 %

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

BTW - some history:

April 2018:

Oculus Rift 0.20%
HTC Vive 0.18%
Windows Mixed Reality 0.01%
Oculus Rift DK2 0.01%
Oculus Rift DK1 0.00%
Unknown 0.00%


July 2018:

Oculus Rift 0.32%
HTC Vive 0.31%
Windows Mixed Reality 0.05%
HTC Vive Pro 0.01%
Oculus Rift DK2 0.01%
Oculus Rift DK1 0.00%

I guess it's more or less a stand still since July for Rift and the original Vive... I don't think the Odyssey+ has had any impact on the WMR results above, the Odyssey+ is much too new - if it'll have any impact, it won't be before the Steam Hardware Survey November 2018 results. 
 

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    saami81
    Up and Coming
    February 5, 2021
    I wonder how many people use Quest 2 only for PCVR gaming? I am one of those. Not that i think that graphics make good game, but good graphics makes good game even better.

     I have tried gaming on native Quest 2 with cross buy  games, but with Virtual Desktop you can get best of both worlds. Wireless and better graphics.
    TomCgcmfc
    Honored Contributor
    February 5, 2021

    dburne said:


    RuneSR2 said:


    TomCgcmfc said:

    Heh Rune, I didn't even know I was a feinschmecker.  I can hardly wait to tell my wife, lol! 

    I'm sure Ryte will look great with my oled Vive Pro (together with my nice new rtx3090) but I have way too many games backlogged right now.  Of course if it ends up on a Steam sale, or makes it to my VivePort Infinity sub I'll probably be unable to resist getting it, lol!  



    Anyone using a RTX 3090 to play VR games with a CV1 ss 2.5 is close to king of feinschmeckers  :D:wink:

    That's not a bad thing in my book though  B) 



    Ohhh man a 3090 card just begs for a higher native resolution headset.
    Trust me on that one.
     ;) 



    Actually the other way around mate.  Higher native res headsets like the G2 beg for a rtx3090 (also +4.8Ghz cpu and at least 32Gb of fast ram), lol! 

    I do believe you (and others) when they say the G2 is best for flight/racing sims and if that was all I was doing in VR (I'm probably ~25-30% sims) then I would def get one.  For now I think I'll just soldier on with my lower res oled Vive Pro for all my sims.
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    OmegaM4N
    Honored Contributor
    March 6, 2021

    Just a reply so i can find this thread again. lol

    CV1/Vive-knuckles)/Dell Vr Visor/Go/Quest II/ PSVR/PSVR 2.
      RuneSR2
      RuneSR2Author
      Honored Contributor
      April 2, 2021

      Results from March 2021 - SteamVR is stronger than ever ❤️

       

       

      - according to RoadToVR the current results show that more than 3 mill users have a hmd connected:

       

       

      Thus PCVR has never been stronger. Still the last month, users of Rift(-S), Vive and Quest declined, while more users of Quest 2 and Valve Index arrived. Even WMR increased slightly, probably due to Reverb G2. 

       

      Current market shares:

       

       

      Oculus/Facebook still dominates with more than 50% combined. Thus devs should not underestimate the need for supporting native Oculus drivers on Steam. 

       

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        Anonymous
        April 2, 2021

        I will have to say that is amazing and kudos to Oculus for continuing to drive PC-VR growth in the industry.

        DaftnDirect
        Honored Contributor
        April 2, 2021

        I don't remember seeing the monthly connected headsets graph before... that's promising.

         

        Critical mass, whereby software firms that aren't curranty investing in PCVR (or stand-alone VR for that matter) decide that they can no longer ignore it and start developing for it by default... that can't be far away can it?

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          RuneSR2
          RuneSR2Author
          Honored Contributor
          April 2, 2021

          Fully agree - I think we have reached the 10 mill hmd users now when including PSVR. The 3 mill Steam users are simply connected users, the number is probably higher due to many users connecting and disconnecting depending on the games they play. And some may still use only Viveport or Oculus Home. And PSVR may be 6 mill now, the 5 mill number was claimed more than 1 year ago. Zuckerberg wanted 10 mill users before reaching a sustainable platform, and devs launching PCVR and PSVR may indeed meet that number. Adding a Quest port like Saints & Sinners, and devs might get way more than 10 mill potential customers...

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          DaftnDirect
          Honored Contributor
          April 6, 2021

          Just had a request to do the steam survey. It resulted in 'no VR headset connected' even though my Rift-S was plugged in. I hit 'back' and did it again after making sure the headset was awake and with SteamVR running but came up with the same result, wonder how often this happens.

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          pyroth309
          Up and Coming
          April 6, 2021

          I have gotten the survey twice since I've gotten my G2 and neither time has the survey detected it despite it being connected. The second time I even had it on and nope. Instead it detects only my Quest 2 which wasn't even hooked up...but the Oculus software was installed. I don't have much faith in the accuracy of these surveys.

            RuneSR2
            RuneSR2Author
            Honored Contributor
            April 6, 2021

            So that's why the Quest 2 is dominating, lol 

             

            Also bit the bullet today - cancelled my EVGA XC3 3090 from at local shop and was about to buy the Asus RTX 3090 ROG Strix Gaming card, which was in stock ($500 cheaper than MSI Suprim X which costs $3320 over here, which also is in stock) - but now after putting the kids to bed, all cards are gone 😬 Well, shop says they'll have new stock in 3 weeks, maybe that wait is worth $500, lol. Will need a new rig for that too, but let's get the card first. 

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            DaftnDirect
            Honored Contributor
            April 6, 2021

            Yeah I wasn't really thinking about any particular headset... just under-reporting of headsets connected in general means the figures for VR use may be even better.

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              Anonymous
              April 7, 2021

              It's a CONSPIRACYYYYYYYYYYY!!! 😯

               

              There are probably 10 times more Rifts and Rift Ss out there!!!!!!!!!!one1one!!! Bloody Valve sabotage, that's what that is! 😁😎

               

              You also have to remember that Quest 2s connected wirelessly via Visual Desktop also aren't detected!

                DaftnDirect
                Honored Contributor
                April 7, 2021

                I've done the survey several times but it's the first time I checked what was reported. Ah well, as long as it's not taken too seriously.

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