“I think it’s something that could have the biggest impact on this industry — but it’s also probably the most controversial thing that we could talk about,” John Hanke said. As his talk ...

If John Hanke, chief executive of “Pokemon Go” creator Niantic Labs, had his way, gamers would wear Internet-connected contact lenses, spend big at businesses promoted in his games and clean ...

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And that's exactly how John Hanke, CEO of Pokémon Go" developer Niantic, likes it. "The game itself is intended to facilitate the real-life stuff," Hanke tells Business Insider. The reward is the ...

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John Hanke: Yes . . . I think that the transition to spatial computing is one of those big, fundamental changes. It’s like the internet, or mobile smartphones . . . we saw ...

In 2001, John Hanke co-founded a mapping technology company called Keyhole that would later be acquired by Google and be foundational in the development of Google Earth and Google Maps.