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Oculus Founder Hit With Lawsuit
An anonymous reader writes: Palmer Luckey, founder of VR headset-maker Oculus, has been sued by a company accusing him of taking their confidential information and passing it off as his own. Total Recall Technologies, based in Hawaii, claims it hired Luckey in 2011 to build a head-mounted display. Part of that employment involved Luckey signing a confidentiality agreement. In August, 2012, Luckey launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Oculus Rift headset, and Facebook bought his company last year for $2 billion. TRT is seeking compensatory and punitive damages (PDF).
Are you feeling Luckey, PUNK?
Why would they sue him before he got the money? That would be pretty stupid.
We consulted our lawyers, and they assure us that it'll be cheaper for them to pay us off than fight us, so free money!
I was a backer. Were you? Or do you feel compelling to complain on behalf of other people?
I got the main thing I backed it for - a dev kit.
Facebook buying them means an investment in learning to program for the Rift is probably 1000x more useful than it would have been otherwise.
I understand people are wary of Facebook, and for good reason. But I have seen huge upsides with pretty much no downside since Facebook bought the company.
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