The Finance & Investment People to Watch in Augmented & Mixed Reality
Ori Inbar
Like his business partner, Tom Emrich, Ori Inbar's influence in augmented and mixed reality touches the finance world and the development community. In 2016, he founded of Super Ventures, the first incubator and venture fund dedicated to augmented reality, where he serves as general manager. The firm's initial investments went to Fringefy, an image recognition platform for mobile devices and wearables, and Waygo, a visual translation app focused on Asian languages. Inbar has been a participant and leader in the community since 2007.
Inbar is also the co-founder and CEO of AugmentedReality.org, a worldwide non-profit organization purposed with evangelizing augmented reality and catalyzing innovation in the industry. In 2009, Inbar co-founder Ogmento, one of the first venture-backed augmented reality game development and publishing companies. In 2010, he and Emrich co-founded the Augmented World Expo (AWE), billed as "the world's largest and most influential conference for AR." He also started Games Alfresco, an influential augmented reality blog. Inbar was a double major in Computer Science and Cinema at Tel Aviv University and graduated from INSEAD University business leadership program. You can learn more about him on the Superventures website.
Tipatat Chennavasin
General partner and founder at The Venture Reality Fund, Tipatat Chennavasin cites virtual reality as the catalyst for curing his fear of heights. Since then, he has established himself as a subject-matter expert for the VR/AR industry, with several publications and presentations at industry events to his credit.
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