ceo key people john werner products augmented reality products website metavision.com meta is a silicon valley company known for making augmented reality products . their products include the meta 1 developer kit and the meta 2 development kit . they combine real world technology with holographic images and unlike the oculus rift which is completely virtual meta is still transparent and the real world can still be seen . 1 2 it was founded by meron gribetz . gribetz thought of starting meta while studying neuroscience and computer science at columbia university under tutelage of steven feiner . 3 4 cnbc identifies its main competitors as vuzix and recon instruments rather than google glass . their initial demographic will be business use such as product engineers and architects . 5 contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit meta was founded by meron gribetz . gribetz thought of starting meta while studying neuroscience and computer science at columbia university under tutelage of steven feiner . 6 7 on may 17 2013 meta launched a crowdfunded kickstarter campaign which successfully resulted in 501 backers pledging 194 444 out of a 100 000 goal . 8 the summer of 2013 provided meta the honored acceptance to y combinator s seed accelerator program . 9 10 around this time meta brought steve mann on as chief scientist providing the company with advice and guidance . 11 in the fall of 2013 feiner joined as lead advisor . 12 meta subsequently opted to rent a large house to serve as its headquarters . the new address was shared with the military vehicle technology foundation . 13 14 in 2014 gribetz was awarded the 30 under 30 award in the technology category by forbes . 15 16 in 2014 meta won best heads up display award for the meta pro at the consumer electronics show . 17 18 the meta pro was deemed a prototype and never publicly released . in september 2014 meta presented the meta 1 developer kit with a live medical demo at techcrunch disrupt in san francisco . 19 in september 2014 meta began to ship the final version of its meta 1 developer kit . 20 21 in january 2015 meta announced a 23 million series a round led by horizons ventures tim draper boe optoelectronics and garry tan and alexis ohanian of y combinator . danhua capital commodore partners and vegas tech fund also participated . 22 23 24 in march 2015 meta collaborated with wix.com shapeways and uploadvr in the first ar hackathon in silicon valley . 25 on february 17 2016 meta unveiled their second generation product at ted . 26 27 28 29 on march 2 2016 meta opened pre orders for their second generation headset the meta 2 development kit . 30 31 32 products edit meta 1 developer kit kickstarter 2013 05 17 meta 2 development kit pre orders 2016 03 02 meta pro prototype references edit http blog.laptopmag.com meta pro glasses hands on angley natalie 2013 10 31 . glasses to make you a real life tony stark . cnn . retrieved 2014 11 14 . das sumi 2013 10 30 . meta s spaceglasses promise mobile augmented reality . cnet . retrieved 2016 02 27 . farber dan 2013 09 09 . meta s meron gribetz and the rise of the natural machine . cnet . retrieved 2016 02 27 . berniker mark 2014 04 14 . meta attracts big investors for new augmented reality glasses . cnbc . retrieved 2014 11 14 . das sumi 2013 10 30 . meta s spaceglasses promise mobile augmented reality . cnet . retrieved 2016 02 27 . farber dan 2013 09 09 . meta s meron gribetz and the rise of the natural machine . cnet . retrieved 2016 02 27 . kickstarter the most advanced augmented reality glasses . kickstarter . 2013 05 17 . retrieved 2016 02 27 . crook jordan 2013 08 20 . y combinator summer 2013 demo day batch 2 meet meta lob amulyte weilos and more . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 02 27 . farber dan 2013 05 17 . meta glasses bring 3d and your hands into the picture . cnet . retrieved 2016 02 27 . biggs john 2013 05 21 . meta the world s first entry level ar glasses hires the father of wearable computing as chief scientist . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 02 29 . cava marco 2013 07 30 . change agents seeing world through meta s 3 d glasses . usatoday . retrieved 2016 02 28 . taylor colleen 2014 03 19 . tc cribs meta the sprawling rural ranch where augmented reality magic is made . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 02 29 . levy karyne 2014 06 08 . take a tour of meta the company that wants the world to be like an iron man movie . business insider . retrieved 2016 02 29 . 2014 30 under 30 technology . forbes . retrieved 2016 02 29 . guglielmo connie 2014 01 06 . 30 under 30 meet technology s smartest youngest and most daring innovators . forbes . retrieved 2016 02 29 . best of ces 2014 . tom s guide . 2014 06 09 . retrieved 2016 02 29 . lunden ingrid 2014 01 12 . the best of ces 2014 . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 02 29 . treating virtual patients with meta and simx . techcrunch . 2014 09 09 . retrieved 2016 02 29 . donovan jay 2014 09 18 . meta 1 augmented reality glasses are dragging us into a vr future . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 02 29 . levy karyne 2014 09 18 . the world is one step closer to being like an iron man movie . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 02 29 . chapman lizette 2015 01 28 . augmented reality headset maker meta secures 23 million . wall street journal . retrieved 2016 02 29 . crunchbase https www.crunchbase.com organization meta view entity . retrieved 2016 02 29 . missing or empty title help brewster signe 2015 01 28 . meta raises 23m series a to refine its augmented reality glasses . gigaom . retrieved 2016 02 29 . eleanor 2015 03 02 . the next frontier meta augmented reality and 3d printing . shapeways . retrieved 2016 02 29 . meta unveils incredible augmented reality headset at ted . uploadvr . 2016 02 17 . retrieved 2016 02 29 . wakefield jane 2016 02 17 . ted 2016 meta augmented reality headset demoed at ted . bbc . retrieved 2016 02 29 . helft miguel 2016 02 17 . new augmented reality startup meta dazzles ted crowd . forbes . retrieved 2016 02 29 . rosenbaum steven 2016 02 17 . meron gribetz wants to build the ios of the mind . forbes . retrieved 2016 02 29 . matney lucas 2016 03 02 . hands on with the 949 mind bending meta 2 augmented reality headset . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 03 02 . lang ben 2016 03 02 . hands on meta 2 could do for augmented reality what rift dk1 did for virtual reality . road to vr . retrieved 2016 03 02 . helft miguel 2016 03 02 . startup meta unveils 949 augmented reality headset to rival hololens . forbes . retrieved 2016 03 02 . external links edit official website this technology article about a corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title meta company & oldid 740615192 categories augmented realitycompanies based in san mateo county californiatechnological company stubshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlspages using infobox company with unsupported 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