The history of the future: Oculus, Facebook, and the revolution that swept virtual reality

✍ Scribed by Harris, Blake J

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 848 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York
• ISBN: 0062455966

✦ Synopsis

The dramatic, larger-than-life true story behind the founding of Oculus and its quest for virtual reality, by the bestselling author of Console Wars.

From iconic books like Neuromancer to blockbuster films like The Matrix, virtual reality has long been hailed as the ultimate technology. But outside of a few research labs and military training facilities, this tantalizing vision of the future was nothing but science fiction. Until 2012, when Oculus founder Palmer Luckey—then just a rebellious teenage dreamer living alone in a camper trailer—invents a device that has the potential to change everything.

With the help of a videogame legend, a serial entrepreneur and many other colorful characters, Luckey's scrappy startup kickstarts a revolution and sets out to bring VR to the masses. As with most underdog stories, things don't quite go according to plan. But what happens next turns out to be the ultimate entrepreneurial journey: a tale of...
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✦ Subjects

Oculus VR (Firm) -- History