Augmented reality company Meta has sued a former employee for stealing trade secrets regarding its technology and market strategy. The startup filed suit in California yesterday against departed head of optics Zhangyi Zhong and his new AR company DreamWorld, as well as 20 unnamed defendants. It alleges that Zhong “shamelessly leveraged” his time at Meta to misappropriate its “technologies, supply chain, manufacturing methods, and relationships, as well as business, investment and market strategies,” using them for his own company and prototype.

Zhong worked for Meta for 16 months before departing in July of 2016. DreamWorld announced its first product, called the DreamGlass, last month. The headset is supposed to cost under $350,…

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