The dramatic, larger-than-life true story in back of the founding of Oculus and its own quest for virtual reality, with the bestselling author of Console Wars.

From iconic books like Neuromancer to blockbuster movies like The Matrix, virtual reality is definitely hailed as the best 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 creator Palmer Luckey-then just a rebellious about The History into the future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Trend That Swept Virtual Fact teenage dreamer living only in a camper trailer-invents a tool that has the potential to improve everything.

By using a videogame legend, a serial entrepreneur and many other colorful characters, Luckey’s scrappy startup kickstarts a trend and sets out to bring VR towards the masses. As with most underdog stories, items don’t quite go according to program. But what happens next turns out to be the best entrepreneurial journey: an account of battles received and dropped, lessons discovered and neverending twists and turns-including an unlikely multi-billion-dollar acquisition by Facebook’s Tag Zuckerberg, which shakes up the landscape in Silicon Valley and gives Oculus the chance to forever alter our reality.

Sketching on over 100 interviews with the key players generating this revolution, THE ANNALS of the Future weaves together a rich, cinematic narrative that catches the breakthroughs, breakdowns and individual drama of trying to change the world. The effect is a super accessible and supremely entertaining look at the birth of a game-changing brand-new industry.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.