A Vast Majority Of People We Polled Don’t Actually Own A VR Headset

A total of 620 United States residents took our survey and the results were very interesting. Despite Meta and Mark Zuckerberg’s best efforts, the vast majority of people SlashGear surveyed — a total of 63.06% — did not own a VR headset. Despite the uptake amongst those surveyed being less than 50%, the numbers are actually quite impressive. For comparison, according to Statista, around 53% of U.S. households own a gaming console. Console gaming has been in the mainstream for decades longer than VR, which is a relatively new format. Go back six years, and the numbers are even closer, with Statista reporting that 40% of people owned some form of games console.

Of those that did own a headset, just under half, and 14.84% overall, owned a Meta (Oculus) Quest 2. This is unsurprising given the headset’s low price point and ability to function on its own. Next was PS VR, which has exactly half the number of users the Quest 2 has at 7.42%. The PS VR requires a PlayStation 4 to function, but that happens to be one of the world’s most popular consoles, which balances things out a bit. If you already own the PS4, the PS VR hardware is comparable in price to the Quest 2. Next is Valve’s high-end Index, which 6.45% of users reported having. The Index is an advanced piece of kit capable of tracking individual fingers but is also expensive and complex. The model costs just under $1,000 for the full kit and requires external sensors to track its users. At the bottom of the list came two of HTC’s headsets: the Vive Pro at 5.81% and the Vive Cosmos Elite at 2.42%.