Facebook hit with stolen VR technology claims
ZeniMax alleges star employee recruited by Oculus purloined its intellectual property
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FACEBOOK Inc bet early on virtual reality, buying Oculus VR 21/2 years ago to get its groundbreaking headset. Now it's fighting claims that the Oculus Rift was built with stolen technology and promoted with a false origin story about a young entrepreneur tinkering in his parents' garage.
What started as a falling-out between tech geeks has become a messy US$2 billion dispute that may drag Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg onto the witness stand in a Dallas courtroom. The social media giant is accused of completing its acquisition of Oculus in 2014 with "full awareness" that the "holy grail" know-how behind one of Silicon Valley's most promising consumer devices was misappropriated from another company.
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