Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo siye sachaza iindaba ezinxulumene ne-Oculus kunye nenkqubo yayo yokwenyani. I-Zenimax, enye yezona nkampani zibalulekileyo zomdlalo wevidiyo, eyinxalenye yesazisi sayo, yamangalela u-Oculus kunye nomyili wayo uPalmer Luckey, ecela i-4.000 yezigidi zeedola ekusebenziseni itekhnoloji eyenye yeyokuqala ukusayina, uJohn Carmack owaba ngumlawuli we-Oculus Itekhnoloji, wayethabathe kwiZenimax xa wayeshiya inkampani esiya kule projekthi yamabhongo ngo-2012. UJohn Carmark wayengomnye wabaseki benkampani yeZenimax kodwa xa uPalmer Luckey Wazisa iprojekthi awayenayo ezandleni zakhe kwaye wagqiba kwelokuba abuyeke ubomi bakhe bangaphambili kunye nokubheja kule projekthi iphumeleleyoIprojekthi eyathi emva kweminyaka emibini yathengwa ngezigidi ezingama-2.000 XNUMX zeedola nguMark Zuckerberg.
UZenimax ubanga ukuba ikhowudi ye-Oculus inenxalenye enkulu yophando eyayenziwe yinkampani kwiminyaka eyadlulayo kweli candelo, ke Ipropathi yobukrelekrele beZenimax yaphulwe ukwenza iOculus Rift. Ijaji iqikelele ukuba i-Facebook, umnini we-Oculus, kufuneka ahlawule i-500 yezigidi zeedola kwinkampani yeZenimax, ngokusebenzisa itekhnoloji eyenziwe nguZenimax kunye noJohn Carmack ndinxiba xa watyikitya iOculus. Inkampani yeZenimax ngabaphuhlisi bomdlalo abaziwa ngokuba yiWolfestein 3D, Quake, Doom, Fallout… ngeSoftware yeSazisi okanye iBethesda.
UMark Zuckerberg ngokwakhe wanyanzelwa ukuba anike ubungqina kwityala lakhe ukuzama ukweyisela ijaji ukuba khange nanini na ikhowudi iphuhliswe kwiminyaka eyadlulayo yiZenimax isetyenzisiwe kuphuhliso lweOculus. Esi sigwebo asishiyi i-Facebook kuphela kwindawo embi kakhulu, kodwa kunye noPalmer Luckey, owayethathelwe ingqalelo njenge-guru kwicandelo lokwenyani lokwenyani xa wayesungula iprojekthi yakhe yokunyusa ingxowa-mali kwiKickstarter ukuze akwazi ukwenza iprojekthi yakhe.
Esi sigwebo, sinamaphepha angama-90, inokubhena, kodwa kubonakala ngathi ayinakulindeleka, Emva kokubona ubungqina obuncinci bokuba ukwazile ukufaka isandla kwityala lokuzikhusela ngokuchasene nesimangalo seZenimax, ekwabonisa ukuba yayingengoOculus owaphuhlisa le teknoloji, kodwa yayiyigqala lomdlalo wevidiyo iZenimax.
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