Matthew Hoerl

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Matthew Hoerl is a technologist passionate about extending the nature of reality.

Currently, Matt is developing spatial software for the Apple Vision Pro. In 2024 he launched the top app on the platform called Beautiful Things.

Prior to this, Matt co-founded Mona, a decentralized metaverse platform for 3d creators and led it from launch to series A in less than 6 months.

Throughout the last decade, Matt has directed complex projects across the entertainment and technology sectors as an entrepreneur and designer. He is named in a dozen patents in the fields of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, filed during his time as the Head of AR/VR at Magical Technologies. His interests in preserving and expanding human experiences led him to co-found The Arch Mission Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit designed to archive humanity’s most important knowledge and disseminate it across space and time. The Foundation has partnered in six space missions, including one moon landing, with SpaceX, Blue Origin, and NASA.

Prior to this, he won multiple regional student Emmys as a young video journalist and started his career in TV directing post-production for shows on NBC, AMC, Discovery and more.