1. What is oTakhi Platform?

oTakhi Platform is a community for sharing a global repository of reconfigurable cloud objects and web applications contributed by its members. It is also an object-oriented framework through which a member can build wide variety of web apps by simply mixing and combining shared objects inside a drag-and-drop visual editing tool called Condenser. Shared objects are encrypted both in transit and in storage by the underlying security infrastructure which also provides other security services including member authentication, authorization, and access control.

2. Is oTakhi Platform an in-browser application?

No. Rather, it is an application browser. It uses embedded browser engine to launch user applications and provide the object-oriented framework and security infrastructure necessary for protecting object and application exchanges among members over the insecure Internet.

3. How is oTakhi Platform different from Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure, Adobe Air, or Facebook Apps?

oTakhi Platform allows sharing of highly structured information among members - structures that are defined by end-users themselves. Other platforms impose rigid templates dictating the way information can be shared, often by the application servers, and inadvertently limit the scope of their usefulness.

oTakhi Platform allows both top-down and bottom-up approaches on modeling information, whereas other platforms allows only bottom-up. The result is that the other platforms are designed by programmers for programmers, whereas oTakhi Platform allows end-users to design high-level information models that are later substantiated by lower-level widgets and shared objects.

oTakhi Platform offers application level end-to-end data confidentiality, while other platforms rely solely on SSL which terminates pre-maturely at the web servers. Consequently, system and network administartors are able to tap into company network and read user data in plain text.

oTakhi Platform is the first cloud-based, hardware-accelerated, and object-oriented 3D game development and publishing platform.

4. How do I create web applications using oTakhi Platform?

Applications are created using a visual programming tool called Condenser. Mimicking the process of cloud formation, a user drag-and-drops from a set of pre-built widgets called molecules into programmable containers called droplets. Droplets are mixed and combined into formations (a single page of presentation). Multiple formations are then combined into a web application. Watch an introductory video on how the tool works here.

5. What are the deployment options for my web applications?

oTakhi web applications run inside the embedded browser of the oTakhi client software and can also be launched as stand-alone desktop applications.

Web applications are published and shared as close-sourced executables, and, if so desired, requiring micro-payments from its users. Instead of full-fledged applications, members can also publish individual droplets or formations which are open-sourced , allowing other team members to fine-tune its design.

A web application, formation, or droplet can all be shared privately with another member or a group of members and can also be published here and available to all members.

6. How does oTakhi's micro-payment system work?

oTakhi platform uses virtual currency called moles. (1 USD = 100 moles)

At any time, a member can exchange regular currency for moles using the account manager. oTakhi platform charges 10% service fee per exchange. The newly acquired moles are automatically deposited into the member's wallet and can be used for purchasing objects from the repository.

At the conclusion of each purchase and download of an object, the amount of moles requested by the object's publisher is automatically deducted from the purchaser's wallet and credited into the publisher's wallet.

Records of purchases from each member are automatically maintained by the oTakhi server. Once an object is paid for, it is always available for re-download, free of charge.

The account manager allows a member to cash out any partial or full amount of moles in his/her wallet at any time*. An e-check of equivalent value is automatically sent to the member.
*Subject to a minimum value and frequency restriction.

7. How much does oTakhi Platform cost?

oTakhi Platform is free for the first 20 MB of storage. For larger storage space, different subscription plans permitting either annual or monthly payment are available. See table below.

Plans Description Monthly Charge Annual Charge
20MB Immediately available upon signon.
Simple Web Application. Photo Albums.
Free. Free.
100MB More Sophisticated Apps. Audio Tracks. 1.00 USD 12.00 USD
200MB Audio and Video Tracks. 2.00 USD 24.00 USD
500MB HD Video Tracks and Gaming Media. 5.00 USD 50.00 USD  (20% discount)
1GB Realistic Games. 10.00 USD 100.00 USD (20% discount)
*exchange rate applies.

8. Can I license oTakhi technology and run my own oTakhi virtual private network?

Absolutely. Please contact us for details.