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Metaio

Metaio

Metaio is the worldwide leader in Augmented Reality software, research and technology. With over 12 years of experience in Augmented Reality and Computer Vision, Metaio serves over 140,000 developers with over 50,000 published apps. In total, Metaio’s ‘AR’ software reaches over 250 Million consumers around the world. Founded in 2003, Metaio began by offering ‘AR’ to the industrial and automotive sectors for product design and factory planning. 12 years later, the company offers the most versatile and robust mobile development platform while continuing to create customized ‘AR’ solutions to support brands all over the world. Learn more at www.metaio.com...

Thomas Alt

Thomas Alt

Thomas Alt founded Metaio, Inc in February 2003 together with Peter Meier and is currently serving as the CEO in both Munich, Germany and San Francisco, California. His professional experience with Augmented Reality solutions includes working at Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg. During the two years he spent there, he was the driving force behind implementing the virtual techniques used for manufacturing planning. Thomas received his PHD in 2002 from Otto-Von-Guerike Universität Magdeburg, where he focused his dissertation on Augmented Reality. After receiving his PHD he entered in and won the Futuresax business plan contest. The money earned from this contest he used to create Metaio, Inc. Thomas is a featured guest speaker at various international conferences as well as a guest-lecturer at the Technical University of Munich....