In what could come across as a shocking news for the fans of the virtual reality lovers, Facebook's Oculus founder has been charged of stealing confidential information and using it as his own.

Not so long ago, Facebook acquired the virtual reality company Oculus for a whooping two million dollars. However, post the acquisition, the ride for Oculus has not been smooth at all. First things first, as soon as Facebook acquired Oculus, fans doubted the brand and its offering saying that its attention would no longer be dedicated solely to gaming accessories.

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In a new lawsuit filed against Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus, he is being accused of stealing confidential information. According to the lawsuit, Luckey learned of a lot of confidential information which he conveniently passed on as his own. The lawsuit quotes that Luckey learned of the information during his association with Hawaii based company Total Recall Technologies. The company had hired Rift in 2011 before he was associated with Oculus Rift. This was confirmed according to a report on Gamespot.

The report also points out that the Hawaii based company had hired Luckey for developing a prototype of the virtual reality headset. During that time, he had also signed a confidentiality agreement. But, when he founded Oculus, the report claims that he used all the information claiming it to be his own. Another report on Marketwatch also points out that Total Recall Technologies had purchased exclusive rights to the design and other technical details. Now that Luckey is being accused of stealing confidential information, Total Recall Technologies is seeking compensatory and punitive damages.

Total Recall is calling this is a breach of contract and therefore accusing Luckey of fraud. The lawsuit comes soon after Oculus recently confirmed the launch of the Rift consumer model in early 2016 casting a shadow of doubt over the future of this gadget. Just recently, Oculus also announced the PC specifications required to be compatible with this device. This is not the only lawsuit that Oculus is battling as ZeniMax has also accused them of stealing technology and using it as their own.

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