A USA Today bestseller The dramatic, larger-than-life true story
behind the founding of Oculus, its quest for virtual reality, and
its founder's contentious battle for political freedom against
Facebook, from the bestselling author of Console Wars (now a CBS
All Access film). In The History of the Future, Harris once again
deep-dives into a tech drama for the ages to expertly tell the
larger-than-life true story of Oculus, the virtual reality company
founded in 2012 that-less than two years later-would catch the
attention of Mark Zuckerberg and wind up being bought by Facebook
for over $2 billion dollars. This incredible underdog story begins
with inventor Palmer Luckey, then just a nineteen-year-old dreamer,
living alone in a camper trailer in Long Beach, California. At the
time, virtual reality-long-hailed as the ultimate technology-was so
costly and experimental that it was unattainable outside of a few
research labs and military training facilities. But with the
founding of Oculus, and the belief that his tantalizing vision of
the future could one day be more than science fiction, Luckey put
everything he had into creating a device that would allow gamers
like him to step into virtual worlds and, in doing so, hopefully
kickstart a VR revolution. With the help of an industry legend, a
serial entrepreneur, and a slew of colorful characters-including
those behind gaming sensations like Doom, Words with Friends, and
Guitar Hero-Luckey's scrappy startup would finally deliver the
dream of immersive and affordable virtual reality to consumers,
leading geeks and gamers to be excited in a way that they hadn't
been in years, and tech firms and investors scrambling to get in on
the action before it was too late. Over the course of three years
(and with unprecedented access from Oculus and Facebook), Harris
conducted hundreds of interviews with key players in the VR
revolution-including Luckey, his partners, and their cult of
dreamers-to weave together a rich, cinematic narrative that
captures the breakthroughs, breakdowns, and human drama of trying
to change the world. The result is a supremely accessible,
entertaining look at the birth of a new multi-billion-dollar
industry; one full of heroes, villains, and twists at every corner.
Take, for instance, Harris' own discovery while writing this story.
When he started this endeavor, he had no idea that this tale would
somehow involve Donald Trump, billion-dollar lawsuits, illegal
practices, and end with Luckey-eventually ousted from Facebook-as
one of the most polarizing figures in Silicon Valley.
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