According to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which is the institution in Taiwan responsible for keeping tabs on VR technology, already more than 200 research institutions in 17 countries are working on VR technology, and it is considered a key technology in the US, Europe, and Japan.
根據國內整合虛擬實境相關資源的工研院電通所的資料，全世界已有超過十七個國家、兩百多個研究單位投入研發 VR，在美國、歐洲、日本等國都列為重點科技。