AR pioneer Kari Pulli joins San Mateo startup as CTO
The San Mateo-based startup makes an augmented reality headset that costs $950. It differs from other AR headsets like Google Glass in that people can interact with, and virtually pick up, holographic objects in the field of view.
Eventually, proponents of augmented reality say, this tech will be small enough to fit discreetly in conventional-looking glasses — or even eventually inside contact lenses. Today, though, the Meta 2 headset still looks like a somewhat clunky, futuristic pair of ski goggles.
Pulli’s research has been nearly exclusively in cameras, imaging and augmented reality technology. Prior to joining Intel, he worked as a vice president at Palo Alto-based Light, helping develop software that combined multiple images from multiple cameras into a single high-resolution image.
Meta launched in 2012 and was accepted into Y Combinator’s summer 2013 class. It’s raised an estimated $73 million to date, and is led by CEO Meron Gribetz.
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