The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality Audiobook (Free)

The dramatic, larger-than-life true story behind the founding of Oculus and its own search for virtual reality, from the bestselling writer of Console Wars.

From iconic books like Neuromancer to blockbuster films just like the Matrix, virtual reality has long been hailed as the ultimate technology. But beyond a few study labs and armed forces training facilities, this tantalizing eyesight into the future was only science fiction. Until 2012, when Oculus founder Palmer Luckey-then just a rebellious about The History into the future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality teenage dreamer living only in a camper trailer-invents a device that has the to change everything.

By using a videogame legend, a serial entrepreneur and several other colorful characters, Luckey’s scrappy startup kickstarts a trend and sets out to bring VR towards the masses. Much like most underdog stories, points don’t quite go according to strategy. But what happens next turns out to be the ultimate entrepreneurial trip: a tale of battles won and lost, lessons discovered and neverending twists and turns-including an improbable multi-billion-dollar acquisition by Facebook’s Tag Zuckerberg, which shakes in the surroundings in Silicon Valley and provides Oculus the chance to forever alter our reality.

Drawing on over a hundred interviews with the key players generating this revolution, THE ANNALS into the future weaves together a rich, cinematic narrative that captures the breakthroughs, breakdowns and individual drama of trying to improve the world. The result is a super accessible and supremely interesting look at the birth of a game-changing brand-new industry.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.