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ZeniMax Files to Halt Oculus’ Use of Rift & Gear!

kevinw729
Honored Visionary
According to a report by Reuters, ZeniMax
filed papers on Thursday, at the same court where the early 2017 trial
was held, which seek an injunction that would prevent distribution of
the VR code that was found to infringe on ZeniMax’s copyright. According
to the filing, ZeniMax’s proposed injunction would include core
software that makes the Oculus ecosystem work, including the company’s
PC SDK for Rift and Mobile SDK for Gear VR

So when we raised this during the Jury results on this forum certain posters said this was never going to happen!

Well now it looks like the issue is not just going to pull in CV1 but also GearVR!
https://vrawards.aixr.org/ "The Out-of-Home Immersive Entertainment Frontier: Expanding Interactive Boundaries in Leisure Facilities" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Home-Immersive-Entertainment-Frontier/dp/1472426959
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kevinw729
Honored Visionary

falken76 said:

So if they are successful in this, does that mean all our rifts are useless and nothing will be made for them from that point forward?

I know this was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but one interesting issue in filing, this could allow ZeniMax access to the real sales numbers for the CV1 and GearVR - so I am sure that would be leaked to the community and make interesting reading.
https://vrawards.aixr.org/ "The Out-of-Home Immersive Entertainment Frontier: Expanding Interactive Boundaries in Leisure Facilities" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Home-Immersive-Entertainment-Frontier/dp/1472426959

kevinw729
Honored Visionary

Atmos73 said:

Don't you think we'll get some figures after 12 months anyway? Not too long to wait in either case.

I had, like you, thought that we would get those numbers at some point officially. But in a conversation with a well-placed executive the statement "...no intention of revealing corporate information from a share listed corporation" was made. So I think we may not get a detailed disclosure as we may have believed.

Remember the DK1/2 numbers were never officially revealed, they were only broken on signage during a private briefing and never clarified.

  
https://vrawards.aixr.org/ "The Out-of-Home Immersive Entertainment Frontier: Expanding Interactive Boundaries in Leisure Facilities" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Home-Immersive-Entertainment-Frontier/dp/1472426959

Anonymous
Not applicable
Bloody hell, I wish I had a DK1 and DK2, they're going to be worth a fortune in 50 years or so...particularly if they're in mint condition with the original cables etc. And a ridiculous amount of money in 100+ years time as antiques  😮