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The article focuses on the computer industry. It offers a history of Computer Science and software engineering which concentrates on virtual reality and related areas. The author shares the realization and the idea of abstraction that computer programming is not an easy job. The author relates his experience with Computer Science and software engineering during his undergraduate project at the University of Limerick on the subject of software development where the book changed the direction of his career for both its technical content and for sentimental reasons.