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They are probably talking about ZeniMax v. Oculus. ZeniMax owned the company where John Carmack worked. While the original Oculus Rift was being prototyped and
by narism 5y ago
They are probably talking about ZeniMax v. Oculus. ZeniMax owned the company where John Carmack worked. While the original Oculus Rift was being prototyped and later crowdfunded, Carmack was interested in VR and worked on the code/headset to get Doom 3 running on it. He later left to become the Oculus CTO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeniMax_v._Oculus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeniMax_v._Oculus
- LegitShady 5y agoalso see this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28871907 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28871907 Carmack's actions in light of the pattern of Oculus acquiring tech from valve in shady ways can't be seen as anything other than just another guy betraying his former employer for oculus. A giant stain on his reputation for anyone who can see just how oculus was built.
- wly_cdgr 5y agoI read that thread and it has insider reports about how Valve chose to give its tech away to Oculus. How is that Oculus' fault? Also don't see the issue with Carmack. Code you write ethically belongs to you, no matter what the law or your employment contract says
- LegitShady 5y ago"valve" is a company made of people. Some people in valve pushed for valve to give away the tech to oculus, and then those same people left valve for oculus. That's not innocent. It's unethical. Code you write under contract to an employer doesn't belong to you. Someone paid you for that.
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