[–] derram 1 point 7 points 8 points (+8|-1) ago
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Mark Zuckerberg, Palmer Luckey to testify in $2 billion Zenimax lawsuit against Oculus VR - Business Insider
'The trial began on January 9; Oculus CTO and former Zenimax employee John Carmack was the first to testify on January 10. '
'Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in court on Tuesday, January 17 for a potentially explosive lawsuit that claims the Oculus VR startup he acquired for $2 billion was based on stolen technology. '
'Representatives for Zenmiax confirmed to Business Insider that Zuckerberg will take the stand on Tuesday, followed by Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey later in the week. '
'Zenimax is seeking $2 billion in damages against Facebook, which is the amount the social networking giant initially paid to buy Oculus in 2014. '
'It claims that Carmack violated his employee agreement with Zenimax by sharing confidential information that Oculus then used as the basis for its VR software. '
[–] lIlllllIIIllIIlI 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
Zuckerberg buys VR startup.
Expect retina scans.
[–] aileron_ron 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
As I recall zuckerberg stole facebook idea from some class mates.
[–] Paranoidsbible 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
How can anyone trust Zuckerberg anymore?
[–] Galvanized_Dreamer 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I thought I heard somewhere that the Rift was a copy of one of the older Vive prototypes... Anybody else hear something like that?
Also: Zanimax reminds me of Nintendo due to the frequency of copyright suits they have been threatening. First this, then DoomRL, now this again.
[–] tame 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is all off the top of my head and may not be entirely accurate, but as I recall it, the original Rift was basically just a head mount for a smartphone screen, with some software to pre-warp the image so it looked right when viewed through fisheye lenses. Carmack saw the potential of the Rift and jumped on board around the time of the kickstarter. At this point, he tried to get Zenimax to invest in Oculus and they said "lol no". Soon afterwards Carmack brought in his old buddy Abrash, who was at Valve at the time. Oculus and Valve then started a joint project at to develop VR tech, using Valve's software and Oculus' hardware, because when Carmack and Abrash want to start a joint project you damn well better pay attention.
This continued up to the point where Oculus sold out to Facebook. Oculus then basically took all of the jointly created IP and locked Valve out of their hardware, at which point thusly quoth Valve, "Fuck you too, Oculus." Valve then started looking for another hardware partner, and since Samsung was already in bed with Oculus they ended up giving HTC a big leg up to create the Vive.
Now Zenimax has realised that they made a colossal gaffe way back at the start when they turned down Oculus, and they feel like they're owed something because they're knob heads. So they're making some shit up about Carmack stealing their supar sekrit HMD and that they really invented the Rift.
[–] GoodGodKirk 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Is this The Social Network 2?
[–] therealkrispy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Shhh, that's what I was gonna call my mockumentary about making three social networks.
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[–] thrus 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Most likely their was a wording in the buyout from Facebook that said "we buy this under the statement that oculus owns all rights to any thing related to their stuff" though translated into lawyer so add 1/2 a page of big words. So yes it will all fall back to carmack and zenimax leaving facebook alone. Or facebook turns around and eliminates everything Carmack owns for payment after breach of contract.
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[–] Empire_of_the_mind 0 points 20 points 20 points (+20|-0) ago
Meanwhile HTC is killing them by releasing a better VR product.
[–] go1dfish 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
<3 my Vive. Should hopefully have my own game coming out for it some time this year.
[–] BGAIN 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Well, we know zuckerberg stole facebook idea from winklevoss twins, no one can trust anything he says!
[–] Cargo_Cult 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
As a backed product, selling Oculus to a company like facebook was an fucking huge asshole move.
[–] clubberlang 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
which episode of Silicon Valley is this?
[–] Anoxim 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm ok with this as long as I can get Fallout NV VR.