The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality Paperback - 2020
by Blake J. Harris
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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.
In 2012, nineteen-year-old Palmer Luckey--inventor, gamer, dreamer--lives alone in a trailer in Long Beach, California, that he has transformed into a makeshift laboratory optimized to build virtual reality headsets--a technology most believed died in the nineties. Luckey, however, is adamant about its resurrection; so, too, are other visionaries.
Enter famed coder and video game pioneer John Carmack, who is developing a game that might be the perfect software companion to Luckey's hardware. Soon enough, the two team up, and with the help of a charismatic serial entrepreneur, a brilliant Russian programmer, and dozens of other colorful characters, Luckey's scrappy startup--Oculus--kickstarts a virtual reality revolution. What happens next turns out to be the ultimate entrepreneurial journey: a tale of battles won and lost, lessons learned, and never-ending twists and turns--including an unlikely, multi-billion-dollar acquisition by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, who wants to help bring VR to the masses. The result is a modern-day tale of the American Dream that is a front-row seat to the birth of a game-changing new industry.
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- Title The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality
- Author Blake J. Harris
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dey Street Books
- Date 2020-03-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780062455970 / 0062455974
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 4.32 cm)
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- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Virtual reality, Oculus VR (Firm) - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.470
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