In the next year or two, millions of gearheads will strap on VR headsets to explore their alter-egos, play games and view 3D content.

Shipments of virtual reality and augmented reality headsets will balloon this year to 1.4 million, up from just 140,000 in 2015, Gartner predicted Tuesday. In 2017, shipments will soar to 6.3 million.

VR systems were a hot-ticket at this year’s CES, and products like the Oculus Rift, Sony’s PlayStation VR, Microsoft’s HoloLens and HTC’s Vive are all expected to ship this year. That will fuel the initial boost in shipments, said Brian Blau, research director at Gartner.

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