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Fearing Apple, Zuckerberg pushed Meta to add virtual reality fitness offerings, witness says as US antitrust hearings begin

By Mike Swift and Michael Acton ( December 9, 2022, 01:58 GMT | Insight) -- As witness testimony began in the two-week hearing on the US Federal Trade Commission's effort to win an injunction blocking Meta Platform's purchase of virtual reality fitness app developer Within, Meta executive Rade Stojsavljevic testified about the company's struggle to add an exercise fitness service to its virtual reality experiences in early 2021. Part of Meta's need for fitness offering is that the company thought that would attract more women into its predominantly male VR offerings.Following the 2020 holidays, the company then known as Facebook looked at the data and came to a firm conclusion: It needed an exercise fitness offering to add to its suite of virtual reality experiences. And it needed it soon....

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