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Metaio was a privately held Augmented Reality (AR) company that developed software technology and provided augmented reality solutions.〔(metaio private company information ), Retrieved 2012/7/2〕〔(Software products prospect ), Retrieved 2012/7/2〕 Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with subsidiaries in San Francisco, California, New York City, New York and Dallas, Texas,〔(metaio LinkedIn company profile ), Retrieved 2012/7/2〕〔(Metaio Opens New Office ) Retrieved 2014/1/6〕 metaio provided a software development kit (SDK) for programming PC, web, mobile and custom offline augmented reality applications.〔(Metaio SDK Information Page ) Retrieved 2014/1/6〕 Additionally, Metaio was the creator of Junaio, a free mobile AR browser available for Android and iOS devices.〔http://www.metaio.com/press/press-release/2010/junaio-20-now-in-the-app-store-next-generation-ar-browser/ Metaio releases junaio 2.0 for App Store] Retrieved 2014/1/9〕〔(Metaio releases junaio for Android ) Retrieved 2014/1/9〕 On 28 May 2015 it was reported that Metaio GmbH was acquired by Apple Inc for an undisclosed sum. 〔(Apple acquires metaio startup ), Retrieved 2015/5/29〕 == History == Metaio was founded in 2003 in Munich, Germany by current CEO, Thomas Alt and current CTO, Peter Meier.〔(metaio private company information ), Retrieved 2014/1/9〕 The company grew out of an internal project within Volkswagen that received a German grant the founders used to bootstrap their enterprise.〔Harro Ten Wolde, Tarmo Virki, ("Look, no hands! Augmented reality gets a grip", Reuters ), 2012/06/21〕 〔(Abgleich zwischen realer und digitaler Welt ), Retrieved 2009/9/28〕 In 2005 Metaio released the first end-consumer AR application called KPS Click & Design in Germany which allowed the user to put virtual furniture in an image of their living room.〔(metaio gewinnt Deutschen Internet-Preis ), Computerwoche, Retrieved 2007/12/11〕 In addition, metaio also released the Unifeye Platform which enabled third-party developers to create their own commercial AR solutions. In 2006 metaio released the first browsing plug-in for web-based AR applications. Shortly thereafter, Metaio launched the first fully integrated AR application for mobile devices with the release of the mobile AR browser Junaio.〔(junaio short Movie ), YouTube Retrieved 2012/6/20〕 From 2010 to 2012, Metaio presented the first commercial 2-D Markerless Feature tracking application for print and television on a consumer mobile device and as a result won the ISMAR Tracking Contest in 2011.〔(Metaio Presents at ISMAR 2011 ) Retrieved 2014/1/9〕〔(junaio 3D Tracking For the Win at ISMAR ), Junaio Blog news Retrieved 2011/10/28〕〔(The Auggies 2012 ), Augmented Reality Event Retrieved 2012/5/8〕 On May 23, 2015, Metaio ceased product licensing, cancelled all pending conferences, and posted this notice on their support site: Metaio products and subscriptions are no longer available for purchase. Downloads of your previous purchases will be available until 15 December 2015, and active cloud subscriptions will be continued until expiration. Email support will continue until 30 June 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=metaio Developer Portal )〕 On May 28, 2015, techcrunch〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=techcrunch )〕 and the Wall Street Journal〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=Wall Street Journal )〕 reported that Apple had bought the company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metaio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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