After Oculus was acquired about two years ago by Facebook, Mr Mark Zuckerberg He is said to have problems, as he will have to appear in court on charges related to stolen technology and a false history of origin.
The story of Oculus supposedly begins when a young ambitious hacker Palmer Luckey, creates a company with a minimal budget that today one of the most valuable in the world.
But ZeniMax, a company for game studios like Bethesda, and others, tells a different story. The lawsuit alleges that Oculus's origin story was "spread in the press by the fake and imaginative story of Luckey, who wants him to be a brilliant inventor of the virtual reality technology he developed in his parents' garage." In fact, this story was completely false. "
The company claims that John Carmack, who works as a designer and has developed huge titles such as Doom and Quake, has started the correspondence with Luckey 2012.
The lawsuit describes Luckey's device as "primitive" and credits Carmack with making it a viable product. Σύμφωνα με τη ZeniMax, η συσκευή “RIFT” του Luckey ήταν ένα “ακατέργαστο πρωτότυπο που του έλειπε η συσκευή για το κεφάλι (head mount), το ειδικό λογισμικό εικονικής πραγματικότητας, οι ενσωματωμένοι αισθητήρες κίνησης και άλλα κρίσιμα characteristics for the capabilities required to create a sustainable product.”
Carmack claims today that his employment contract allowed him to join Oculus, as he was not a direct competitor of ZeniMax. So he claims he gave the idea to CEO Robert Altman in an effort to build and sell the device. The company refused to invest in the idea of financing an early stage of Oculus, an investment that would have brought dozens, or hundreds of millions of dollars.
"Altman decided not to pursue the opportunity given to him by ZeniMax before the VR revolution," according to Carmack.
Prior to his departure from Oculus, and ZeniMax, Carmack reportedly stole thousands of records from the company (later used in the development of Oculus Rift). He also claims that Facebook knew about the stolen intellectual property before the acquisition of Oculus 2014.
Facebook, of course, denies any wrongdoing.
Jury selection which will consist of a panel of nine jurors (three men and six women) began on Monday. ZeniMax seeks to win as compensation $ 2 billion.