During this, Carmack left id Software to become the Chief Technology Officer for Oculus VR. The attention led to additional venture funding, with more than $91 million invested by 2013. Concurrently, John Carmack, at the time of id Software, a subsidiary under ZeniMax Media, also was interested in head-mounted displays, saw Luckey's prototype for the Rift and modified it, showcasing the updated prototype at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012 (E3) that June using a modified version of id's Doom 3.įollowing E3 2012, Oculus VR launched a Kickstarter to fund further development of the Rift, ultimately raising more than $2.4 million through it, one of the largest crowdfunding ventures at that time. The company was founded by Palmer Luckey, who had a keen interest in head-mounted displays and had developed a prototype of the Oculus Rift by 2012. The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset that was developed by Oculus VR. The matter was settled with a private out-of-court agreement by December 2018.

Oculus is a civil lawsuit filed by ZeniMax Media against Oculus VR on charges of theft of intellectual property relating to Oculus' virtual reality device, the Oculus Rift.

Intellectual property, non-disclosure agreement The Oculus Rift product does not use ZeniMax's trade secrets. Oculus and corporate officers Luckey and Brenden Iribe broke a non-disclosure agreement with ZeniMax. Oculus VR, Facebook, Palmer Luckey, Brendan Iribe, John Carmack

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

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