In the 1930s science, fiction writer Stanley Weinbaum introduced the idea of a pair of goggles (Pygmalion's Spectacles) that let the wearer experience a fictional world.
Fast forward to 1987, Jaron Lanier popularized the term "virtual reality". He founded VPL, a company that developed and sold VR goggles and gloves. You can get more information about the oculus quest 2 lens from various online sources.
Fast forward again to 2016, we're now at the dawn of a whole new era in VR. Finally, technological developments have enabled developers to create mind-blowing immersive experiences that will revolutionize gaming and entertainment. The technology has also become affordable enough to be accepted by the mainstream.
The most popular VR headsets (aka HMD or Head Mounted Display) in the market today are the Samsung Gear VR, the Oculus Rift, and the HTC Vive. The Samsung Gear VR was released in November 2015, and the Oculus Rift in March 2016, and this was closely followed by the HTC Vive in the following month.
The Oculus Rift is clearly the leader in the high-end VR headset segment at this moment, trailing behind the HTC Vive. Both the Rift and the Vive are light years ahead of the Gear VR which does not belong to the high-end category.
Palmer Luckey was a teenager tinkering with VR as a hobby. In 2012 before he turned 21, he formed Oculus VR and launched his Kickstarter campaign for a VR headset. It hit a million dollars in 3 days. Two years later, Facebook came along and scooped up Oculus VR for a cool $2 billion.