<p>Computer scientist, visual artist, and author.</p>
<p>Considered a founding father of virtual reality - he coined the term &quot;virtual reality&quot; and founded VPL Research in 1984, the first company to sell VR goggles and gloves.</p>
<h2>Notable Works</h2>
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<li>&quot;You Are Not a Gadget&quot; (2010)</li>
<li>&quot;Who Owns the Future?&quot; (2013)</li>
<li>&quot;Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now&quot; (2018)</li>
<li>&quot;Dawn of the New Everything&quot; (2017)</li>
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<h2>Key Ideas</h2>
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<li>TODO: critique of social media and surveillance capitalism</li>
<li>TODO: &quot;digital Maoism&quot; and the dangers of the hive mind</li>
<li>TODO: the need to value individual contributions online</li>
<li>TODO: problems with free content models</li>
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<h2>Career</h2>
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<li>TODO: VPL Research and early VR</li>
<li>TODO: work at Microsoft Research</li>
<li>TODO: musician (plays unusual instruments)</li>
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<h2>References</h2>
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<li>TODO: Add references</li>
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Virtual reality pioneer, computer scientist, and tech industry critic.