Ascolta e leggi

Entra in un mondo di storie

  • Ascolta e leggi quanto vuoi
  • Oltre 400.000 titoli
  • Prova gratis per 14 giorni, poi 9.99€/mese
  • Disdici quando vuoi
  • Ascolta titoli esclusivi e Storytel Original
Prova Gratis
Device Banner Block 894x1036

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

24 Valutazioni

4

Durata
17h 38min
Lingua
Inglese
Format
Categoria

Non-fiction

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

From iconic books like Neuromancer to blockbuster films like The Matrix, virtual reality has long been hailed as the ultimate technology. But outside of a few research labs and military training facilities, this tantalizing vision of the future was nothing but science fiction. Until 2012, when Oculus founder Palmer Luckey—then just a rebellious teenage dreamer living alone in a camper trailer—invents a device that has the potential to change everything.

With the help of a videogame legend, a serial entrepreneur and many other colorful characters, Luckey’s scrappy startup kickstarts a revolution and sets out to bring VR to the masses. As with most underdog stories, things don’t quite go according to plan. But what happens next turns out to be the ultimate entrepreneurial journey: a tale of battles won and lost, lessons learned and neverending twists and turns—including an unlikely multi-billion-dollar acquisition by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, which shakes up the landscape in Silicon Valley and gives Oculus the chance to forever change our reality.

Drawing on over a hundred interviews with the key players driving this revolution, The History of the Future weaves together a rich, cinematic narrative that captures the breakthroughs, breakdowns and human drama of trying to change the world. The result is a super accessible and supremely entertaining look at the birth of a game-changing new industry.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

© 2019 HarperAudio (Audiolibro): 9780062695307

Data di uscita

Audiolibro: 19 febbraio 2019

Potrebbero piacerti

  1. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made Jason Schreier
  2. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation Blake J. Harris
  3. The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life Bernard Roth
  4. A History of Video Games in 64 Objects World Video Game Hall of Fame
  5. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
  6. Coders: Who They Are, What They Think and How They Are Changing Our World Clive Thompson
  7. An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination Sheera Frenkel
  8. The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Ben Horowitz
  9. Free Will Sam Harris
  10. How To Win Friends And Influence People Dale Carnegie
  11. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Yuval Noah Harari
  12. The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity Byron Reese
  13. Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built Duncan Clark
  14. Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell Jonathan Rosenberg
  15. Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World David Epstein
  16. On the Future: Prospects for Humanity Martin Rees
  17. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman Richard P. Feynman
  18. Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon Bill Carr
  19. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou
  20. Good to Great Jim Collins
  21. The World According to Physics Jim Al-Khalili
  22. Replay: The History of Video Games Tristan Donovan
  23. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making Tony Fadell
  24. Principles: Life and Work Ray Dalio
  25. Human Universe Professor Brian Cox
  26. Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower Edward Snowden
  27. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science Peter Godfrey-Smith

Scegli il tuo piano

  • Più di 400.000 titoli

  • Kids Mode (accesso sicuro per bambini)

  • Scarica e ascolta offline

  • Disdici quando vuoi

Il più popolare

Unlimited

La scelta migliore per 1 utente. Ascolta e leggi quanto vuoi.

9.99 € /mese
14 giorni gratis
  • 1 account

  • Ascolto illimitato

  • Disdici quando vuoi

Prova ora

Unlimited Annuale

12 mesi al prezzo di 9. Ascolta e leggi quanto vuoi.

89.99 € /anno
14 giorni gratis
Risparmia il 25%
  • 1 account

  • Ascolto illimitato

  • Disdici quando vuoi

Prova ora

Basic

Per te che non sei un avido ascoltatore.

6.49 € /mese
14 giorni gratis
  • 1 account

  • 10 ore/mese

  • Disdici quando vuoi

Prova ora

Unlimited+

Storie per tutta la famiglia. Entrate insieme in un mondo di storie.

14.99 € /mese
7 giorni gratis
  • 2 account

  • Ascolto illimitato

  • Disdici quando vuoi

Prova ora