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Meta starts taking orders for high-end augmented reality dev kit

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Meta, the maker of a cool augmented reality (AR) system, has begun taking orders for its $950 Meta 2 development kit.

Augmented reality is expected to be a $90 billion market by 2020, according to tech advisor Digi-Capital. By that time, augmented reality glasses are expected to be so small and light that you won’t be able to distinguish them from regular sunglasses. On top of that, they’ll feel like they are extensions of your mind, according to Meta CEO Meron Gribetz.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.