Female exec hired to help Magic Leap appeal to women sues for sex discrimination

Former head of strategic marketing, hired to broaden company’s reach across genders, alleges augmented reality startup is tolerant of sexism

Augmented reality startup Magic Leap is being sued for sexual discrimination by an executive who was hired to help it appeal to women.

The company, a startup best known for securing a valuation in the billions despite never publicly demonstrating its technology, is being sued by Tannen Campbell, its former head of, and later vice-president of, strategic marketing and brand identity.

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Facebook’s Oculus must pay $500m in virtual reality lawsuit

Jury determined that VR company’s CEO Palmer Luckey failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement with games company ZeniMax

The Facebook-owned company Oculus has been ordered to pay half a billion dollars to the games company ZeniMax after a jury determined that the Oculus CEO, Palmer Luckey, failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement.

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