As the world's tech giants invest heavily in virtual reality, the relatively few workers who specialize in the nascent field are seeing big benefits. <\/p>\n
Demand for online freelancers with virtual-reality expertise grew far faster than for people with any other skill in the previous quarter. Billings on virtual-reality projects grew more than 30-fold from the same period a year earlier, according to U.S. data provided by Upwork Inc.'s website that connects freelancers with employers. <\/p>\n
Virtual reality has so far struggled to break into the mainstream, with the technology largely confined to high-end video-gaming. Facebook Inc., which bought virtual-reality headset maker Oculus in 2014 for $2 billion, has already been lowering prices for the Oculus headset and is working on a more consumer-friendly version to be sold next year. Other companies that make virtual-reality goggles include Samsung Electronics Co., Alphabet Inc.'s Google, and Sony Corp. <\/p>\n
Overall, tech-related skills accounted for nearly two-thirds of Upwork's list of the 20 fastest-growing skills. Conometrics, a subspecialty of economics that involves building mathematical models to explain and predict the real world, also saw a big spike in demand for its work. <\/p>\n
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