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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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on over a hundred interviews with the key players driving this revolution, \u003cem\u003eThe History of the Future\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together a rich, cinematic narrative that captures the breakthroughs, breakdowns and human drama of trying to change the world. 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