Thursday, February 2, 2017

Court fines Facebook because of the theft of virtual reality technology

Having raised a lot of controversy lately surfaced once again the issue of the trial of Facebook Inc., owner of the company "Ookolos" specialized in virtual reality techniques, where the court ruled recently endorsed the statements of the company "ZeniMax" Prosecutor and fined Facebook.
The story dating back to 2014, the year in which Facebook acquired it on Ookolos, where the "Zenimax" company specializing in the development of electronic games sued owned Ookolos company Facebook, accusing it of Bserg default own reality technology Boukoztha allocated for this purpose, where Zenimax company accuses rival Ookolos they stole their own in 2012 technology prior to the acquisition of Facebook it, through the complicity of its chief executive, "John Carmack" and five of the employees who were hired after that before Ookolos they leaking private documents company Zenimax relating to virtual reality technology which contributed for Ookolos innovation in the virtual reality helmet and accompanying technology and is seeking compensation estimated at $ 2 billion.
Texas court convicted Wednesday evening Ookolos company on charges of theft of virtual reality technology company Zenimax, at a time when the latter was seeking compensation of up to $ 4 billion, the court fined the company $ 500 million.
It was Mark Zuckerberg CEO of Facebook has stood before the court on 17 January, in the context of this case, where has denied all the accusations launched by Zenimax company against him and Ookolos said that his presence is confirmed as leakage from the media, which followed the event from one of the city of Dallas courts in the state Texas US, where Zuckerberg said that Ookolos products, especially the helmet virtual reality is the product of Ookolos technology, and hinted Zuckerberg that the company defended the plaintiff is the money when he said that "when they reveal a great deal, it is common to see people come from far away to ask for places share them in these funds, before adding: I like the majority of people in this room I have never heard of a company Zenimax before this case. "