Facebook virtual reality unit Oculus faces lawsuit over imaging patent

Facebook acquired Oculus for an estimated US$3bil (RM13.32bil) in 2014.

Facebook Inc's virtual reality unit Oculus VR is facing a lawsuit alleging it incorporated without authorisation a smaller competitor's patented technology into its Rift headset.

Techno View IP Inc, a Newport Beach, California-based technology licensing firm, sued Facebook and Oculus on Thursday for infringing a 3D imaging patent owned by the VR headset maker ImmersiON-VRelia.