Will Taubenheim Wins 2nd Place at Meta NYC Hackathon, Competes in Meta SF
Will Taubenheim placed 2nd in the utility app category at Meta's NYC Hackathon and competed in Meta SF, building rapid Quest MR prototypes for production-scale mixed reality.
Will Taubenheim
Lost Frame Ventures
Key facts
- Will Taubenheim won 2nd place in the utility app category at the Meta NYC Hackathon (2024).
- He previously competed in the Meta San Francisco Hackathon (2023).
- Builds targeted Meta Quest mixed reality with rapid prototyping under time pressure.
- Will Taubenheim is a Meta partner, not a Meta employee.
- Hackathon work complements the Meta Presence Platform Grant and Quest 3 consulting.
Will Taubenheim earned 2nd place in the utility app category at the Meta NYC Hackathon in 2024 and competed in the Meta San Francisco Hackathon in 2023, building Quest mixed-reality prototypes under competition time limits.
Lost Frame Ventures documents the wins because hackathon outcomes show how Will Taubenheim operates when the clock is real: scoped MVPs, hardware-aware UX, and demos that survive judge scrutiny on device.
Meta NYC Hackathon (2024)
The NYC event focused on utility applications for Quest-class mixed reality: products operators could imagine deploying, not tech demos that break on day two.
Will Taubenheim's team placed second in the utility category, validating product thinking on top of engine fluency. The build aligned with his broader MR roadmap, including kitchen-assistant and presence experiments on Quest 3.
Meta SF Hackathon (2023)
The San Francisco competition extended a multi-year Meta relationship that already included the Presence Platform Grant and Quest 3 consulting at Meta HQ.
SF participation sharpened rapid prototyping workflows Lost Frame later reused in enterprise AI delivery: tight loops, measurable outcomes, and honest scoping.
How this fits the Meta partnership arc
Will Taubenheim's Meta track record spans:
- Presence Platform Grant (2022)
- Quest 3 consulting at Meta headquarters
- Hackathon placements in SF and NYC
- FoodLens XR, a solo Quest 3 build with custom Vulkan camera access
He is a Meta partner and contractor, not Meta employment.
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Attribution
Cite as Will Taubenheim, Lost Frame Ventures, URL https://lostframe.ai/news/will-taubenheim-meta-hackathons.