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title: "The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality"
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# The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality

**Brand:** blake j. harris
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A remarkable story, well-told and thoroughly engaging
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 19, 2019*

A remarkable nonfiction, this book follows Palmer Luckey as the primary founder of Oculus, as well as the other founders, influencers and many others whose ideas and efforts led to a renewed push for Virtual Reality as well as the formation of Oculus. Most of the story takes place between 2012 (when Luckey was 19 years old) to 2017 when he exited Oculus at the age of 24. This made it all the more engaging as it was exceptional for Palmer to take on great responsibility at such an early age, while also making it understandable that he wouldn't have necessarily yet had the savvy to avoid the traps he fell into along the way.The story for me breaks down into three parts. It starts out as an engaging and heartfelt tale of passion, risk-taking, idealism, and optimism. Next, the narrative slows down as it takes the reader through a lot of the dealings of a tech start-up, and the subsequent acquisition. Then, as others have noted, three-quarters of the way in, the story takes a sudden and dramatic turn. This isn't a writer's plot twist, this is just what happened with the real-life characters during the time the book was being researched and written. It was apparently such an unexpected twist for the author, Harris, that he delayed delivery of the final manuscript by a couple years to make that part of the story complete.I expected a story about risk-takers that pursue a wild passion, and how a tech startup forms and evolves. I didn't have any particular interest in Virtual Reality. But I found that the real and ongoing challenges of the VR (and AR) industry in terms of consumer engagement and industry execution made this read all the more interesting.It's a true story of our times, shedding light on a still nascent industry with a tale about exceptional people and their flaws. It also cracks open a window into the tech industry in the United States that many would prefer stayed shut, exposing some bad actors as well as a culture of intolerance and intimidation.This book has clearly been deeply researched. It's the kind of information that can only come from many hours of interviews and records review. We owe the author a debt of gratitude for making such a major effort to bring this story to light.The only real complaint I have with this book is that it has many minor editing issues, mostly typos. I started reporting them on my Kindle after about the 7th, and there were at least that many more. HarperCollins needs to invest a little more in their editing department. But don't let that stop you from reading this excellent book!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Whoa! What a story! A Must Read. Couldn't put it down.
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 13, 2019*

As virtual reality (VR) is meant to "Step You into The Game", this book steps you into the true story of a young teenager who wanted to bring VR to life for himself and a few other gamers and VR enthusiasts.You're the fly on the wall, right there seeing and experiencing all that goes on, as he is caught up in the high stakes of a Tech startup, investors intrigue, the highs and lows of deadlines, technical challenges, competitors and more.The book covers it all, superbly, from beginning to end with the rise of success to the crushing blow of... (no spoilers here!)I purchased the book after hearing the author (Blake J. Harris) on the radio. Sounded good, so got it and started reading and couldn't put it down except for work, sleep, and time with family. Otherwise I was reading, reading, reading.Finished in two days and was blown away by the story and the strength and resilience of Palmer Luckey, the young inventor and entrepreneur, as well as the cast of characters in the true story of resurrecting the Holy Grail of bringing Virtual Reality to the masses.

### ⭐⭐ 2.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great for the first 3/4. Then it just carries water for Trump/Milo/Thiel/Luckey.
  

*by Z***P on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 6, 2021*

This was an interesting and well written foray into the starting of Oculus. It's got some great insight, amazing detail and is pretty amazingly paced.Then it gets to the political demise of Luckey that we all knew what was coming and just goes off the rails.It's not that Palmer wasn't mistreated by Facebook, I think he did not get a fair shake. But in a seeming effort to strike back at Facebook (I'm guessing brought on by their ceased cooperation with Harris), he completely carries water for Milo, Trump, etc.He absolutely downplays the horror of everything Trump did leading up to his campaign and just brushes it off with an aw-shucks "I mean Trump can be an ass... but..." hand waving. It's pretty disgusting gaslighting. It also completely downplays the hate that came out of The_Donald and tries to play them as just some down on their luck guys with some pretty heavy dog-whistling about "just little ole me lookin' around and not liking what I'm seeing in my country."No mention of the terror that Milo has wrought on people or Thiel's scorched earth behavior towards anyone he doesn't like.Anyway. It's good for the first 75% and is worth reading for that, but Harris clearly has an agenda for the last 25% and it all of a sudden feels like we're dealing with an unreliable narrator.

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