Image credit: Klaus Reinherz, "Socially Distanced New Year 2020/21"
Here's mine:
- There will be a departure in Linden Lab's C-suite, i.e. CEO/COO/CFO/CTO.
- Both VRChat and Rec Room will finally surpass Second Life in peak concurrency numbers.
- Related to the above, either VRChat or Rec Room will be acquired by a major platform/company.
- Second Life's long-awaited "mobile app companion" will launch but see a disappointing reception, failing to earn over 100,000 downloads on Google Play.
- Sales of Oculus Quest 2 in 2020 will under-perform expectations: Despite a major marketing push, under 2 million. Slow sales will continue through 2021, with an install base under 3 million.
- Unreal and/or Unity will announce an official metaverse platform.
- Bowing to public and government pressure, Facebook will discontinue mandatory Facebook log-in for its Oculus headsets.
- Roblox will announce $1 billion in revenue for 2021.
- Core will announce a major platform partner or be acquired outright, with Epic the likeliest suitor.
- Apple will not announce its long-rumored AR headset in 2021.
Share yours in Comments below and I'll share my favorites next week — the more concrete and easy to verify, the better.
Wagner James Au / New World Notes 
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