Meta has discovered the leaker who shared the small print of the corporate’s unannounced digital actuality (VR) headsets with a YouTuber.

The firm was investigating the supply of the VR headsets’ renders that had been revealed final 12 months by a YouTuber named Brad Lynch.

In an inside publish seen by The Verge, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth knowledgeable workers of the news earlier this week.

Bosworth mentioned that the corporate has damaged ties with the leaker, who was a third-party contractor.

The leaker requested Lynch for income share from the YouTube advertisements working subsequent to his movies.

Bosworth additional talked about that the unnamed leaker acquired a small sum for sharing the knowledge with Lynch.

When Lynch was approached for remark, he didn’t deny that he break up income from YouTube channel ads with the supply, the report mentioned.

“They might need requested as a result of I wasn’t keen to provide a lot cash up entrance,» he mentioned.

“I’m just one guy who loves VR and just enjoys talking with industry friends and reporting what I hear. And I’m definitely not getting rich from it,» he added.

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