Andrew is a software engineer and author whose mission is to live in a society that is empathetic and connected. That mission has threaded through his past work at Facebook, as well as his current work at Oculus VR and his book, Amnesium. I wrote Amnesium, in part, as a reaction the heavily partisan and politicized national discourse in America today. In a nutshell, I drew up several interesting, far-flung characters who would be ideologically opposed, gave them a gripping situation that brought them together, and saw what happened. Virtual Reality also has the potential to bring far-flung people together in deep, surprising ways. Enabling people to have consistently good experiences with strangers online, and in some cases form lasting connections with them, is one of the biggest challenges facing the VR industry. He's excited to be pursuing this goal at Oculus VR. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he hones his storytelling skills playing pen-and-paper role-playing games.

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