作为虚拟现实开发社区中最积极支持的人之一，安德烈·伊莱贾相信Meta的使命。
Elijah sued Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his former partners on October 10 after a deal for a fitness-based virtual reality project collapsed.
Elijah is seeking approximately $353 million in damages.
"The court must take action to protect American citizens from this abusive and anticompetitive conduct," the filing reads.
Andre Elijah v. Meta
If you would like to read Attachments 1 and 2 of the court documents filed by Elijah and his attorneys, you can click here:
The lawsuit alleges:
“Defendant Meta agreed to launch the AEI Fitness App at Meta Connect 2023”, “Due to this huge recognition, advertising and launch, the AEl Fitness App is expected to become a huge competitor in the virtual reality fitness app market. It will generate hundreds of millions of users in a short period of time Thousands of dollars in revenue, and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits over the long term. The plaintiffs would receive a portion of these gains... However, the efforts, plans, and dreams of all parties could not be realized. Because, the defendant Meta had a completely different, plundering sexual plan."
Attachment 2 lists the July and August delivery dates for delivering a "feature-complete" version of the application to Meta, without any limiting defects, and for reaching a "content-complete application approved for entry into the QA process" by the end of August Milestones totaling $1.5 million in spending.
Elijah claims he did not receive payment for these milestones, nor was he given specific reasons why Meta was ending the project before Connect, Meta's developer conference, on September 27.
The professional services agreement filed in this case contained language that "Meta Tech may terminate this Agreement or any SOW at any time for any reason" and "Meta Tech will retain all right, title and interest in all deliverables."
Elijah sued Meta for $323 million, which comes as the largest technology giants in the United States race to embed their software platforms into reality.
potential criticism
Over the past few years, developers have become dissatisfied with Meta's policies and practices. Some examples include:
- In 2019, Virtual Desktop developer Guy Godin was forced to remove its PC VR streaming capabilities, following a request from Meta (then Facebook). In February 2021, Meta added its own version of this functionality at the system level, limiting the remaining addressable market for Godin-first solutions.
- In 2020, Bigscreen CEO Darshan Shankar blasted the Quest App Store for its 30% "virtual reality tax" on in-app payments, which cut off his startup's path to profitability by selling movies on the platform. To compete, Bigscreen entered the expensive and risky hardware market this year, launching its own VR headset to compete without
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