This year, Christmas was won by the metaverse

MetaFacebook’s parent company was the one that had the most popular apps in Apple’The Oculus virtual reality application was available in the App Store on Christmas Day. The Oculus VR app is what people download. This top ranking indicates that Meta’s VR headset was a popular gift over the holidays.

Although the App Store Rankings aren’t perfect, they provide a useful snapshot of app popularity at any given moment. You can also get a glimpse into the technology trends that Christmas Eve as people activate their latest gadgets.

Meta’s Oculus app is first to be ranked on the App Store Christmas Top 10. This coincides with Mark Zuckerberg’s year as CEO. company would invest at least $10 billionHe created the metaverse to create a virtual world that he thinks will set the bar for social networking, gaming, and even future work. Zuckerberg so strongly believes in the metaverse concept that he made a change to his company. Facebook’s name to Meta this fall.

The metaverse’s growing interest in Zuckerberg was only one of many major events this year. Gaming company RobloxThe bettor on the metaverse was a company called. It made its wager years before Zuckerberg even used the term. went public in MarchIt is valued at nearly $40 billion. Investors are now on the lookout for the next metaverse stock. Nvidia AMDThey are the ones leading the discussion. Both sell chips to power the device.

The VR headsets that Meta makes today are not as capable or powerful enough to allow Zuckerberg to realize his vision of the metaverse. They can show you what is possible. Meta has more customers than ever before, which gives it the opportunity to collect more information about virtual reality usage and customize experiences accordingly. If Zuckerberg’s metaverse theory is true, then the new VR user crop will be a valuable resource for Meta (and other companies using similar technologies) to decide which experiences to create next.

Even though Meta does not disclose the number of VR headsets that it has sold, this technology is still far from reaching the acceptance threshold where it will attract developers and customers alike as computers and smartphones.

Meta enjoyed a wonderful Christmas, but the party will not last. It’s not hard to see how companies such as Meta can survive. Amazon, GoogleFitbit and Fitbit have “winned” Christmas over the past few years due to their sales of gadgets. None of these products have been the breakthrough Meta hopes VR will be.

Meta’s holiday success shows that Meta is still on the right track in building the metaverse.