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VR-related insurance claims increase by 30% in 2021, normal nowadays?

VR-related insurance claims increase by 30% in 2021, normal nowadays?

According to a UK insurance form, a lot of people accidentally smash their TVs while in VR. Meta’s VR division hasn’t made publicly available how many Quest 2 headsets they’ve sold, But we do know that it is very popular in one of the most known VR headsets in the entire virtual reality market. On Christmas Day 2021, the Oculus app had the top charts of Apple’s App Store for the first time, indicating that there were a lot of people gifting VR headsets to their loved ones.

And ensure in the United Kingdom Aviva Said that last year they saw a 31% increase in home content claims involving VR headsets and a 68% increase since 2016. In 2021, the average claim for VR-related accidental damages was about £650 or $880, and most incidents involved cracked TVs screens. Kelly Whittington, Aviva’s UK property claims director Said, “As new games and gadgets become popular, we often see this playing through in the claims made by our customers, In the past, we’ve seen similar trends involving consoles with handsets, fitness games and even the likes of rogue fidget spinners.”

It’s been less than two months into 2022 and this insurance company has already had to process many VR-related claims, and they also expect more to come in throughout this year as the popularity of VR headsets is totally increasing and it’s not stopping anytime soon. This doesn’t show Any number of how many VR headsets are out there right now (At least only the Quest 2’s) Well, we do have an estimate Which was made by Qualcomm CEO Christiano Aman who shared this number in November 2021, claiming that Meta has shipped almost 10 million units of their latest VR headset, the Meta Quest 2.

VR-related insurance claims increase by 30% in 2021, normal nowadays?

VR-related insurance claims increase by 30% in 2021, normal nowadays?

According to a UK insurance form, a lot of people accidentally smash their TVs while in VR. Meta’s VR division hasn’t made publicly available how many Quest 2 headsets they’ve sold, But we do know that it is very popular in one of the most known VR headsets in the entire virtual reality market. On Christmas Day 2021, the Oculus app had the top charts of Apple’s App Store for the first time, indicating that there were a lot of people gifting VR headsets to their loved ones.

And ensure in the United Kingdom Aviva Said that last year they saw a 31% increase in home content claims involving VR headsets and a 68% increase since 2016. In 2021, the average claim for VR-related accidental damages was about £650 or $880, and most incidents involved cracked TVs screens. Kelly Whittington, Aviva’s UK property claims director Said, “As new games and gadgets become popular, we often see this playing through in the claims made by our customers, In the past, we’ve seen similar trends involving consoles with handsets, fitness games and even the likes of rogue fidget spinners.”

It’s been less than two months into 2022 and this insurance company has already had to process many VR-related claims, and they also expect more to come in throughout this year as the popularity of VR headsets is totally increasing and it’s not stopping anytime soon. This doesn’t show Any number of how many VR headsets are out there right now (At least only the Quest 2’s) Well, we do have an estimate Which was made by Qualcomm CEO Christiano Aman who shared this number in November 2021, claiming that Meta has shipped almost 10 million units of their latest VR headset, the Meta Quest 2.