Thomas Alt

Founder

2021

Enabling Contextual AI with Egocentric Data | ramblr

Partner

2018

Growth-Stage Deep-Tech Investments, Entrepreneur in Residence. Investments in Deep-Tech, AI, AR&VR

Director Strategic Deals Team

2016 - 2018

Director of Engineering

2015 - 2016

Founder and CEO

2008 - 2015

metaio was one of the leading Computer Vision and Augmented Reality technology providers worldwide. metaio´s vision was to teach smart devices to see, in a fast way, superimpose relevant information and make this base technology available to the masses. metaio was founded in 2003 in Munich, Germany by myself and my co-founder and CTO Peter Meier. We started off with an initial research project with Volkswagen and later received funding from a local research project which helped us bootstrapping our operations in the first years. In 2005 metaio released the first end-consumer Augmented Reality application called KPS Click & Design, allowing users to place virtual furniture into an image. We then released our metaio Platform offering to give third parties the opportunity to create commercial AR solutions. In 2006 we released the first browser plug-in for web-based AR applications and shortly thereafter, launched the first fully integrated AR app for mobile devices and the first print/web campaign followed by the release of the mobile AR browser junaio. In 2011, Metaio won the ISMAR Tracking Competition for the world's first mobile 3-D tracking solution. metaio offered the most versatile and robust mobile development platform as well as services and support to brands all over the world. With over 10 years of experience offering AR and CV software and solutions to more than 1000 B2B customers and over 120,000 developers, Metaio was the international leader in computer vision and augmented reality.

Founder and Managing Director

2003 - 2015

Bootstrapped one of the first Augmented Reality companies. Metaio was a privately held Augmented Reality (AR) company that developed software technology and provided augmented reality solutions. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with subsidiaries in San Francisco, California, New York City, New York and Dallas, Texas, metaio provided a software development kit (SDK) for programming PC, web, mobile and custom offline augmented reality applications. Additionally, Metaio was the creator of Junaio, a free mobile AR browser available for Android and iOS devices.

Central Planning

1999 - 2002

Augmented Reality for Industrial Processes