Quest 3 was the third most used VR headset on Steam in January, surpassing Oculus Rift S and virtually catching as much as Valve Index.
The information comes from the Steam {Hardware} & Software program Survey. It is supplied to a random pattern of Steam’s person base every month. In the event you settle for, it uploads an inventory of your PC specs and peripherals to Valve, in addition to any headset used on SteamVR up to now month.
Quest 3’s utilization share continues to develop quicker than some other headset by far. It was 5.2% in November, then 9.27% in December, and now 14.05% in January.
As we predicted it will final month, Quest 3 is now used extra on Steam than the PC-native Oculus Rift S. And it in all probability will not be lengthy till it surpasses the Valve Index to take the #2 spot.
Quest 2 nonetheless holds the highest spot with extra utilization than second and third place mixed, because it has since shortly after it launched.
The {hardware} survey contains Quest through Valve’s Steam Hyperlink app, Meta’s (Air) Hyperlink mode, or the third-party app Digital Desktop.
This information comes proper after Meta’s Actuality Labs AR/VR division posted file quarterly income, which Meta’s CFO informed buyers was “pushed by Quest 3 gross sales in the course of the vacation season”.
All Meta headsets collectively – Oculus Rift, Rift S, Oculus Quest, Quest 2, Quest Professional, and Quest 3 – proceed to make up the vast majority of VR headset use on Steam at virtually 69%, and there isn’t any identified critical competitor inbound. Meta would possibly really improve its lead if the rumored ‘Quest 3 Lite’ launches. Valve stays a distant second with its Index headset, at simply 15%.
The share of Steam customers utilizing any VR headset at in any respect additionally elevated considerably, from 1.84% in December to 2.24% in January – the very best since August 2022.
In addition to vacation Quest gross sales, this will likely have been pushed by the discharge of praydog’s UEVR mod, a free software launched firstly of January that injects VR help into virtually any fashionable PC sport made with Unreal Engine.
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Praydog’s Common Unreal Engine VR Mod (UEVR) injects VR help into virtually any PC sport made with Unreal Engine, and it’s free.
