A video game company has filed a federal lawsuit in Northern Texas district court against virtual reality headset maker Oculus. ZeniMax Media is claiming that Oculus misappropriated intellectual property for use in its Rift virtual reality headset.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Facebook recently purchased Oculus for $2 billion.<\/p>\n
In its lawsuit, ZeniMax claims that it directed the development of the Rift software and designed its specifications and functionality. The suit alleges that John Carmack and other ZeniMax employees provided Oculus with confidential programming code and technical expertise that transformed the Rift prototype and made it a commercially viable virtual reality headset.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ZeniMax is the parent company of Id Software, which Carmack cofounded.<\/p>\n
Allegedly, Carmack first encountered the Rift prototype in April 2012, in a \u201cprimitive\u201d form that was \u201clittle more than a display panel.\u201d The suit argues that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey had not developed a viable display and did not have the technical expertise to do so. The (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A video game company has filed a federal lawsuit in Northern Texas district court against virtual reality headset maker Oculus. ZeniMax Media is claiming that Oculus misappropriated intellectual property for use in its Rift virtual reality headset.\u00a0 Facebook recently purchased…<\/span><\/p>\n