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    News - Oculus-Facebook deal: Carmack is accused of stealing technology

    Also the Xbox head signals that Microsoft is about to dip its toe in the VR world.
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    Re: News - Oculus-Facebook deal: Carmack is accused of stealing technology

    Jeez, here we go again...

    I'm sure that by the time these products all go on sale, Apple will just sue Occulus, Sony, Microsoft, Facebook and everyone else, because they have the patent on the human eye or something stupid, anyway...!!

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    Re: News - Oculus-Facebook deal: Carmack is accused of stealing technology

    Didn't Carmack join Oculus after their v1 headset was released?
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    Re: News - Oculus-Facebook deal: Carmack is accused of stealing technology

    As usual the only people who will benefit are the lawyers and the patent trolls

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    Re: News - Oculus-Facebook deal: Carmack is accused of stealing technology

    Quote Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster View Post
    Jeez, here we go again...

    I'm sure that by the time these products all go on sale, Apple will just sue Occulus, Sony, Microsoft, Facebook and everyone else, because they have the patent on the human eye or something stupid, anyway...!!
    lol

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    Re: News - Oculus-Facebook deal: Carmack is accused of stealing technology

    Cheers Rob - right on the money!
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    Re: News - Oculus-Facebook deal: Carmack is accused of stealing technology

    Quote Originally Posted by Jenny_Y8S View Post
    Man that's hilarious. So damn original. You should right this stuff down!
    I really wish it were original... Any time anything is successful, be it tech, films, even novels, there's someone who comes along claiming they had the idea first. It's getting boring now.

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