About The Author

Ori Inbar is the founder of Pookatak Games - a video game company; formerly senior vice president at SAP, and eternally passionate about interactive entertainment.


Pookatak Games Inc. (founded in 2008), is a video game company that meshes virtual and real worlds based on a technology dubbed Augmented Reality.

Director of Wiki Mouse - a WIKI Film co-created by a swarm of movie makers around the world.

Author of Games Alfresco - a blog in pursuit of the ultimate augmented reality game. In less than 3 months since inception this blog has become a hub for worldwide AR enthusiasts looking for the best of the best in augmented reality. Rumors say investors consult with this site when making investments in related companies. Games Alfresco is complemented with a  facebook group Ori founded to serve as a community forum for discussing, sharing and promoting experiences in augmented reality games. Recently Games Alfresco became the preferred blog of ISMAR, the world’s most important augmented reality event.

As Senior Vice President of Solution Marketing for SAP’s platform, Ori was recently responsible for the positioning and marketing of SAP NetWeaver, Enterprise SOA and SAP’s ecosystem. The job entailed figuring out how to improve businesses across multiple industries, defining for SAP what products to develop, and then, convincing businesses to aqcuire those products. He shared his work in dozens of industry events and press conferences, including delivering keynote speeches across the world from Sao Paulo to Tokyo.

Ori lead the development and introduction to the market of more than 15 enterprise software applications. Over the past 5 years, SAP NetWeaver has grown from a mere concept to a billion dollar business for SAP. It has become the primary IT force in SAP’s huge ecosystem, and its visionary approach to service-oriented solutions is influencing the entire business solutions industry.

Prior to SAP, Ori joined TopTier Software (formerly Quicksoft), as employee #6 of this start-up. He lead the development of multimedia products and business applications. In 2000, as product manager, he introduced to the market the world’s #1 corporate portal. TopTier was acquired by SAP.

Ori graduated from Tel Aviv University with a double major in Computer Science and Cinema. He participated in the business leadership program at INSEAD.
While a student in the early nineties, he co-developed a game that introduced a never seen before concept:  artificial intelligence-based avatars that act in a malleable plot that is directed by the player. It was a lot of fun.

7 Responses to “About The Author”

  1. Ori,
    Thanks for the comment and link! Your blog is great.

    Lynn

  2. Hi Ori,

    Please send me an email when you can, I’d like to talk with you more about Microvision’s developments for AR.

    Thx,
    Ben

  3. Hello there, thanks for commenting on my Augmented reality blog entry, it is amazing stuff!!

    I noticed on your blogger account that you had moved to WordPress. I was wondering if you could give me some advice about transferring from blogger to WordPress - bit of a dumb question I guess.

    Do you have your WordPress blog hosted,how did you decide on the theme etc.

    Any help appreciated
    Chris, sparkbouy@gmail.com

    PS: I like the blog and have subscribed to RSS

  4. I really appreciate your blog.
    I work for atnp lab (applied technology for neuropsychology) in Milan (www.neurovr.org)
    we are organizing the next cybertherapy conference june 2009 in italy (www.cybertherapy.info)
    I found a picture in your site i would like to publish on the new web site i am working on for the conference.
    It’s the picture with the old man with a “prehistoric” HMD.
    Can you give me your permission?
    I send the link of your blog to all our researchers (augmented reality is one of our issues)

    Tks for attention
    Cinzia V.

  5. [...] 18, 2008 Of course I envy Ori attending this year´s ISMAR in Cambridge. Inspring speeches, groundbraking demos and a very cosy [...]

  6. Hi,

    We thought you and your visitors might be interested to hear about a new Alternate Reality Game that we’re putting together.

    “Traces of Hope” is being launched as the first ever charity online ARG and is being built by the British Red Cross to coincide with its Civilians and Conflict month. The game features Joseph a sixteen-years-old caught up in the Ugandan civil war, separated from his family, hungry and alone in a camp overflowing with thousands forced to flee, Joseph is desperately seeking his mother. But he needs your help…

    Registration will open on Sunday 28th but until then there’s a teaser page at http://www.tracesofhope.com and a teaser video at http://www.vimeo.com/1811645

    We’d really appreciate a link to the game or any coverage you could provide. Any questions please let me know,

    Thanks

    Alex

  7. Hi Ori!

    Great blog!

    Please send me an E-mail when you can, I’d like to talk more about Pookatak // AR games // metaio.

    Thanks,
    Noora

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