Virtual Reality Yoga App Developer to Meta: I Worked Like ‘Hell’ Only to Get Burned
- Developer claims he was blacklisted just before launch time
- Multibillion-dollar VR fitness market needs more headset apps
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Andre Elijah created a virtual reality yoga app, with avatars of top instructors teaching various poses as well as pilates and mindfulness.
But users may never see it. Meta Platforms Inc. killed it just before launch time when Meta learned Elijah had talked with Apple Inc. and ByteDance’s Pico about launching the app on their competing VR platforms, he alleges in a lawsuit.