Binding: Paperback
Description: 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. Drawing on over a hundred interviews with the key players driving this revolution The History of the Future weaves together a rich cinematic narrative that captures the breakthroughs breakdowns and human drama of trying to change the world. The result is a super accessible and supremely entertaining look at the birth of a game - changing new industry. 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 battles won and lost lessons learned and neverending twists and turns including an unlikely multi - billion - dollar acquisition by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg which shakes up the landscape in Silicon Valley and gives Oculus the chance to forever change our reality. Drawing on over a hundred interviews with the key players driving this revolution The History of the Future weaves together a rich cinematic narrative that captures the breakthroughs breakdowns and human drama of trying to change the world. The result is a super accessible and supremely entertaining look at the birth of a game - changing new industry.
Title: The History Of The Future Oculus Facebook And The Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality
Author(s): Harris Blake J.
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062455970
Pages: 592 Pages
Publication Date: 3/10/2020
Category: Virtual Reality