Monday, May 5, 2014

Oculus says ZeniMax canceled 'Doom 3' VR edition after being refused equity


After being threatened with legal action by id Software parent company ZeniMax, virtual reality frontrunner Oculus says it hasn't taken so much as a line of code from the company. Last week, ZeniMax said that the Oculus Rift VR headset couldn't have existed without help from John Carmack, who it accuses of giving Oculus intellectual property developed at and owned by ZeniMax. Carmack, who co-founded id but left to work at Oculus last year, was an early supporter of Oculus, and Oculus has previously acknowledged his support. But it says that ZeniMax played no part in the process and actually impeded VR development.


"There is not a line of ZeniMax code or any of its technology in any Oculus products," says Oculus in a statement, and...


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