Oculus Rift Creator Palmer Luckey: Virtual Reality Future Will Be 'More Boring Than We Think' : All Tech Considered : NPR

The much-hyped consumer virtual reality headset, Oculus Rift, is finally hitting the market. The reviews have been mixed. As The Wall Street Journal put it, "the first totally immersive home virtual reality rig is a pricey, awkward, isolating—and occasionally brilliant—glimpse of the future of computing." But behind this poster child of at-home virtual reality products is a man, 23-year-old Palmer Luckey, who invented the device while still in his teens and founded the company Oculus VR, which is now owned by Facebook. http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/03/28/472168507/virtual-reality-whiz-palmer-luckey-future-will-be-more-boring-than-we-think