This figure of the Genius behind Successful Pokemon Go

This figure of the Genius behind Successful Pokemon Go

Million of people are being hit by the fever Pokemon Go. They find that virtual creature that appears in various places, not a few who willingly run road m. Who is behind the success of Pokemon figure Go?

Pokemon Go developed the Niantic developer based in San Francisco. Founder and CEO is the origin of the Texas man, John Hanke. He is who plays a major role in the creation of Pokemon Go. From its track record, Hanke was already poor transverse in the technology universe.

Not without reason Pokemon Go relying on online maps. Hanke is a figure behind the birth of Google Earth and Google Maps. He was one of the founders of the company that bought Keyhole, Google to launch the map service. Many people Niantic is a veteran of Google.

Niantic is a startup that developed under the auspices of Google. Recently in the past year, the Niantic became an independent company.

Hanke who received an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley had once worked at the U.S. State Department before dabbling in jagat startup.

While a student, in 1996, Hanke made the first generation of games kind of MMO (massively multiplayer online game) called Meridian 59. He sold it to a gaming company called the 3DO to later cultivate enterprising technologies online maps.

In 2000, he was active in the Keyhole until the company was acquired by Google. Hanke is the key to success of Keyhole figure. "He was able to create a Keyhole into a company and make it survive in the dark during that period many startup dying," said Brian McClendon, one of the officials of the Keyhole.

When Google Earth was released wearing base technology from the world's Keyhole, also an uproar and many people busy-busy try. The same phenomenon as experienced Pokemon Go now.

"Google Earth is one of the largest on the internet launch of all time. Pokemon Go now really are in the same situation, "said McClendon who assess Hanke as a figure who is smart and very quiet even though it is under pressure.

Founded The Niantic

Satisfied with their work at Google, Hanke's own company called Niantic in 2010. The success of the first game was an interesting Ingress about 15 million users.

Still a lot of players who were loyal, where 10 thousand gamers Ingress is estimated to be present at an event gathering in Tokyo this week. Ingress is a science fiction game genre, where there are two factions fought each other to a portal for its location in the real world.

Well, one of the fans of the Ingress was Tsunekazu Ishihara, the CEO of the Pokemon Company partly owned by Nintendo. Thus the idea of creating Pokemon Go where Niantic under the command of Hanke became eksekutornya.

Pokemon Go is referred to as a spiritual successor of Ingress. Niantic indeed many Ingress data entered into Pokemon Go. Call it the location of the portal that many made as Pokestops.

"A gift from this game was the impetus and opportunity to get out and experience new experiences, not about a big scene at the end where the boss is dead," said Hanke.

Pokemon Go tremendous success since launch day, millions of people are avid to play it. A phenomenon that tastes yet would stop considering the game was not officially slid in many countries. Surely, the features continue to grow in the future.

"We imagined the later teams can build and Pokestops gim them in a certain way according to the tastes of their own," said Hanke