[1/2] The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality (Oculus. How to build the best VR company in the world and lose everything?) (Games rubric)

With great interest, I swallowed this documentary about the meteoric rise of startup Oculus VR, which created the revolutionary VR helmet Oculus Rift. The author of the book is American writer Blake J. Harris, known for the bestseller Console Wars. (2014) Sega vs. Nintendo. To work on this book, Harris gained unprecedented access to the company's team. 2016 During the year, he conducted hundreds of interviews with key Oculus employees, observing the launch of the first product and the life of the startup after the multibillion-dollar takeover of Facebook. The result was a gripping story about how a group of enthusiasts tried to “carry out the future” ... and what came of it. (Banned in Russia company Meta on this wave even renamed from Facebook, but about this in the book is not mentioned.).

The main character of the book is Palmer Luckey - a young self-taught and inventor who 19 For years, he built a prototype VR helmet Oculus Rift in his trailer, but did not think about creating a company. But he was convinced by Brendan Iribe, co-founder and first CEO of Oculus VR. Brendan was a seasoned manager from the gaming industry who helped turn an amateur project into a business by attracting investors and building a team, sharing strategic leadership with Lucky. Also involved in this story is John Carmack - the legendary programmer. (Creator of Doom and Quake)whose participation has given the project weight. Carmack became interested in Lucky’s prototype and integrated it into the demo of Doom. 3 BFG Edition at E3 2012What a furor. And 2013 Carmack left id Software to become CTO (CTO) Oculus VR, strengthening the company with its credibility and expertise. Well, what about Mark Zuckerberg, who played a key role in the second part of the story. Seeing the potential of the Oculus Rift, Mark 2014 I bought Oculus VR for ~$2 billion Moreover, in this book, he is not a hero of history, but a catalyst for change - after the deal, Oculus turned from a startup into a division of the Facebook Corporation, which brought both resources for development and new challenges.

In continuation I'm going to tell you the basic outline of the story and share a finale that explains why the inventor Lucky Palmer is not widely known in Russia, but it's well known about John Carmack and his involvement in the history of Oculus.

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