Kwakhona kufuneka sithethe ngomba wetyala lelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza. Ngesi sihlandlo yayiyinkampani iZenimax ekhuphe umkhosi wayo wamagqwetha ukuba alwe nalawo enkampani yenethiwekhi yoluntu kaMark Zuckerberg. Kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba i-Oculus VR yathengwa yi-Facebook kwi-2014 nge-2.000 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, imali eyayiphezulu kakhulu kwiprojekthi eyayingazange iphuhliswe kwaye ithathe iminyaka emibini ukubona ukukhanya kwemini. Ityala likaZenimax kunye ne-Oculus VR kunye nomseki wayo uPalmer Luckey, ekucacayo ukuba sele yamkelwe ukuba iqhubeke., isekelwe kwisityholo sokusetyenziswa kophando olwenziwa nguZenimax kule ntsimi ngaphambi kokuba intloko yayo, uJohn Carmack, ijoyine iprojekthi yePalmer Luckey.
UJohn Carmack wayengomnye wabaseki beSazisi seSoftware, ephethwe yiZenimax, apho ebesebenza khona okoko yasekwayo. Ngo-2012 waba nomdla kwiprojekthi yePalmer waza wagqiba ekubeni ashiye inkampani. owayethandabuza ukusebenza kwisoftware eyimfuneko ukwenza iprojekthi yenyani eyinyani. Kungekudala emva koko, ngo-2014, i-Facebook yaba nomdla kule projekthi, ifumana inkampani ukuze iqalise isixhobo sokuqala kwiimarike ekuqaleni konyaka odlulileyo.
Ngokutsho kweCarmack, kwimigca yekhowudi ye-Oculus, akukho mgca obhaliweyo ngelixa wayesebenza kwi-ID yeSoftware, esona sizathu somthetho wenkampani yeZenimac. Ngoku ka Zenimax, ubukrelekrele bepropathi yenkampani ibibalulekile ukwenza iOculus Rift. Inkampani icela imbuyekezo ye-4.000 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, kabini oko uFacebook wahlawula i-Oculus. Ukuba ekugqibeleni kubonakaliswe ukuba i-Oculus isekelwe kwitekhnoloji yeZenimax, i-Facebook iya kuba nengxaki enkulu kunye nenyani yenyani, into eyinyani enokufikelela kwi-6.000 yeebhiliyoni zeedola iyonke.