Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule sananela izindaba ezihlobene no-Oculus nohlelo lwayo olungokoqobo. IZenimax, enye yezinkampani ezibaluleke kakhulu zemidlalo yamavidiyo, i-ID Software eyingxenye yayo, yamangalela u-Oculus nomqambi wayo uPalmer Luckey, icela izigidi ezingama-4.000 zamaRandi ukuze kusetshenziswe ubuchwepheshe obabusayina okokuqala, uJohn Carmack owaba ngumqondisi we-Oculus ubuchwepheshe, wayesusile kuZenimax ngenkathi eshiya inkampani ejoyina le phrojekthi yokuvelela ngo-2012. UJohn Carmark wayengomunye wabasunguli benkampani yeZenimax kodwa ngesikhathi uPalmer Luckey Wethule iphrojekthi abenayo ezandleni zakhe futhi wanquma ukushiya impilo yakhe yangaphambilini futhi wabheja kulo msebenzi wokuwina, iphrojekthi eyathengwa eminyakeni emibili kamuva yathengwa ngamarandi ayizigidi ezingama-2.000 XNUMX nguMark Zuckerberg.
UZenimax wathi ikhodi ye-Oculus iqukethe ingxenye enkulu yocwaningo inkampani eyayilwenzile eminyakeni eyedlule kulo mkhakha, ngakho Impahla yezengqondo kaZenimax ibiphuliwe ukudala i-Oculus Rift. Ijaji lilinganise ukuthi i-Facebook, umnikazi we-Oculus, kumele akhokhe imali engamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-500 inkampani yeZenimax, ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obakhiwe yiZenimax nokuthi uJohn Carmack Ngiyagqoka lapho ebhalisela i-Oculus. Inkampani yeZenimax ngabathuthukisi bomdlalo abaziwa nangokuthi yiWolfestein 3D, Quake, Doom, Fallout… nge-ID Software noma iBethesda.
UMark Zuckerberg uqobo waphoqeleka ukuba anikeze ubufakazi ecaleni lakhe ukuze azame ukukholisa ijaji lokho angikaze ngaso sonke isikhathi ikhodi yathuthukiswa eminyakeni eyedlule yiZenimax isetshenziswe ekwakhiweni kwe-Oculus. Lesi sinqumo asishiyi i-Facebook kuphela endaweni embi kakhulu, kepha futhi noPalmer Luckey, owayethathwe njengomuntu omkhulu emkhakheni weqiniso langempela ngenkathi ethula iphrojekthi yakhe yokuqongelela imali kuKickstarter ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe.
Isigwebo, esakhiwe ngamakhasi angama-90, ingafakwa isikhalazo, kepha kubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuthi ngemuva kokubona ubufakazi obuncane bokuthi ukwazile ukufaka isandla ecaleni ukuze azivikele ecaleni leZenimax, elibuye liphakamise ukuthi akuyena u-Oculus owasungula lobu buchwepheshe, kodwa ukuthi kwakuyisitudiyo somakadebona somdlalo wevidiyo iZenimax.
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