Mark Zuckerberg to testify in VR lawsuit this week

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in a Dallas court this week as part of an on-going lawsuit between the Facebook owned VR company Oculus and American media company ZeniMax.

Mark Zuckerberg to testify in VR lawsuit this week

ZeniMax claims that former employee John Carmack (lead programmer of the original Doom) stole intellectual property when he left the company in 2013, and that this technology was used by Oculus to develop the Oculus Rift VR headset.

As a result, ZeniMax is seeking $2 billion in damages, which is close to the amount Facebook paid for Oculus back in 2014.

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