The AR industry is predicted to generate 70 billion by 2030. VR has to exist for AR to have any kind of foothold IMO.
The AR industry was supposed to generate 100 billion by 2020, who knows. And I don't think VR has to first succeed for AR to, may be more the other way around. AR is going to be more accessible to a lot of people due to mobile use cases.
How augmented reality and virtual reality will generate $150 billion in revenue by 2020
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