ZeniMax claims 4 billion Oculus

dallas - Game Publisher ZeniMax wants rival Oculus gets a penalty of $ 4 billion, converted 3.7 billion. Half of them should be a compensation, the other half penalty. Reported Polygon.

ZeniMax says Oculus stole the technology for virtual reality. The 'chief technology officer of Oculus, John Carmack, led namely rather a game studio that has been acquired by ZeniMax. Upon his move to Oculus Carmack took the computer codes of ZeniMax, is the complaint.

Facebook daughter Oculus obviously reject all complaints. The claim of ZeniMax stems from shame, jealousy and anger, said the company's lawyer.

Oculus CEO Carmack is a pioneer in the field of 3D graphics, the forerunner of virtual reality. He is the mastermind behind games like Quake, Doom and Wolfenstein. He got in 2013 to Oculus. A year later, Facebook bought the company for more than $ 2 billion.