Startup Meta Challenges Google Glass With Sleek, $3,000 Smart Glasses

Glass has raised the profile of glasses as a new form factor for computing, and in its wake has come a raft of startups with their own interpretations how of computers could sit on the bridge of your nose. One of the most ambitious is Meta, a Silicon Valley startup that aims to outdo Google on two fronts: its technology uses gesture recognition to let you manipulate the digital objects the glasses show in front of you, using augmented reality. It also want to avoid turning its early adopters into geeky, "glassholes," designing its device to  look as stylish as your average pair of sunglasses.