Facebook’s Oculus Hit With Patent Suit Over VR Headsets

Facebook Inc.'s Oculus division faces a patent infringement suit over its virtual reality headsets.

The Oculus Quest, Rift, and Go headsets infringe three patents that describe a method for storing and displaying sequences of image frames, plaintiff VDPP LLC alleged in a complaint filed Aug. 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The headsets infringe claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,699,444, 9,948,922, and 9,426,452 by displaying video as a series of still images, VDPP said in the complaint.

Cause of Action: Patent infringement

Relief: Declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, royalty damages, pre-judgment and post-judgment ...