While Facebook has acquired a sizable portfolio of some major companies – be it photo sharing service Instagram or messaging giant WhatsApp – the social media corporation likes to keep a hands-off approach.
That wasn’t the case today, as the legal disputes between game publisher ZeniMax and the Facebook-owned virtual reality startup Oculus has roped none other than FB’s own Mark Zuckerberg into the mix.
The Facebook creator/owner attended federal courts today in Dallas to testify in the legal battle between ZeniMax and Oculus, in which the former accused the VR company of stealing technology in 2014 that would ultimately appear in the Oculus Rift, and is suing for $2 billion in damages.
ZeniMax v Oculus
ZeniMax, best known for publishing games like the Elder Scrolls series and last year’s DOOM, claim then-employee and id Software genius John Carmack shared ZeniMax’s proprietary VR technology with Oculus’ co-creator Palmer Luckey before leaving to work for Oculus himself.
Zuckerberg claims no plagiarism was used in the development of the Rift, saying that Facebook is “highly confident that Oculus products are built on Oculus technology,” and that “the idea that Oculus products are based on someone else’s technology is just wrong,” The New York …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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