Live Animations

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Sales & Marketing Manager at PPI Worldwide

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Live Animations, and what were your goals?

We wanted to develop a game app supporting a loyalty campaign at retail

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We selected Live Animations based on their past experience, reputation in the industry and cost estimation

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Within agreed schedule our partner fully delivered the product (game app) as expected. During the project implementation they carefully followed our feedback and suggestions, but also came up with ideas and out-of-the-box solutions

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

A project manager was assigned to be our main point of contact during the project

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We are happy with the end result of the project. The game meets and in some ways exceeds our expectations in terms of playability, visual side and technical implementation. User reviews and rankings are also very positive.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We appreciated timely and proactive way of project management by Live Animations. Every time our feedback was carefully reviewed and included. Live Animations proposed original and creative solutions to improve the app throughout the development phase. Overall positivity and attention to detail made the work process smooth and highly satisfactory.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Most importantly - end result - smoothly functioning game app meeting and exceeding our expectations, receiving positive user reviews and ratings. And secondly, perfect client support as well as well-organized project management

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing really. Hope we will have another opportunity for another project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the head of product innovation at Boost Collectibles B.V. We develop innovative collectible toys aimed at kids and families.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Live Animations, and what were your goals?

We wanted to create a new type of stickeralbum that could come alive in a 3D environment in order to create a new experience for the end consumers.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Via linkedIn I found my way trough their website. Looking at their portfolio, it was obvious we needed to contact Live Animations for this new challenge.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Live Animations started with the creation of a new range of characters and some locations in 2D. After this step they translated this designs in a hole new 3D animation that comes alive when scanning some special pages in the stickeralbum. The stickers on this pages activated extra content in the 3D animation as well. On top of this, Live Animations also created some gamification for these different locations.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We worked closely together with the CEO, the Head of Business development and the project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The app created a new experience for the end consumers. The quality of the designs, the modeling, the animation and rendering in the 3D environment are from a really good quality.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

They had the process under control and were highly adaptable when it came to sudden changes.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The quality of work. It was always a pleasure to get it in new stuff from there side.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

This was our first real cooperation. Of course there is always some room for improvement, but in general we are really satisfied and already working on some new projects with Live Animations.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm project manager in BENAUR company that creates attractions and museum projects in USA.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Live Animations, and what were your goals?

We wanted to develop a mobile app for our new project. The main goal was to create the app simple in use and with reliable entertaining content.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We made a research looking for app developers. After analyzing past projects, communication style and level of responsibility we decided to choose this vendor to work with.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We had a series of calls for discussing all the details and objectives of our project. Developers presented the first beta version shortly. All our updates were done quickly and correctly. We tested several versions of the app before creating the final product.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Mostly we were in touch with project manager. In addition, negotiations were also conducted with the director of PR.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We just finished the project and it is just posted in the app stores. However we made tests with our focus group of 5 people and most estimates are satisfactory. This allows to make a suggestion that the app will be successful.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The project manager was easy to communicate. And I want to highlight the speed of feedbacks. We communicated through calls and emails and both ways were managed fast and proficient.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I especially want to highlight the responsible approach to the project, teamwork and creativity. Also, what amazed me was the speed of communication and coordination of work.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Our experience in working with them was quite satisfactory. There is nothing I can suggest to improve their work.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m from a French retail company. We have supermarkets in Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Portugal, Italy, and Poland.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Live Animations?

Around Christmastime, we had a sales proposition wherein our clients who have a purchase of more than $10 could get a small present. We hired Live Animations to create a small game for this proposition.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Live Animations created an app for us that could run on any mobile phone platform in the Ukrainian markets. They worked with our logistics team and also came up with the application’s graphics.

What is the team composition?

We were in contact with the director of the company.

How did you come to work with Live Animations?

We knew Live Animations because they’ve done a similar project for other supermarket companies. We were comfortable with them because they knew what they were doing and could work with a short deadline.  

How much have you invested with them?

We paid around $170,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

The project lasted between October–December 2020.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

For a whole month, our app was on the top 100th spot on the App Store and Google Play Store. The team had a strong knowledge of the product being developed. It was the first time I had experienced working with a company like Live Animations, but we thought they were perfect because they helped so much and taught us what they were doing. 

How did Live Animations perform from a project management standpoint?

We communicated via phone and Viber. We were able to reach out to Live Animations for any issues and corrections that needed to be done on the app. The team did everything according to how we wanted it and we worked well together. Our company will most likely engage Live animations again next year. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

It was incredible how quickly they were able to finish the work. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I think their technology could use some improvements.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

You need to create at least an initial design, even if it’s not good, as this will help Live Animations. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company provide technology services for businesses. I'm the owner.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Live Animations, and what were your goals?

To create an augmented reality app and a couple of AR Christmas-themed animations.

SOLUTION

How did you select Live Animations and what were the deciding factors?

We were looking for a brand which has already created AR animations for a couple of businesses.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The scope of work was to create one augmented reality app and about 18 AR animations.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I was in contact with four people, their business development manager, their AR technical assistant and their financial assistant, and their customer service assistant.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The services are now being used in a couple of locations and have been successful.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

Almost all of our communications happened using email.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The speed of work and how they managed to do things in a limited time is impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

I reminded them of a change in the payment they needed to consider when the nature of deliverable changed a bit (reduction of costs) and I hoped they would do it themselves without me telling them about this.

I hoped they were able to delivery the video recording function of the app with a better quality. In fact, we have a screen recording instead of a vide recording on our app.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

The company BILLA is a part of the REWE Group, founded in 1927 in Cologne (Germany). The main areas of activity of the REWE Group are retail and wholesale of food and tourism. The first BILLA supermarket in Ukraine was opened in 2000. Now the chain has 35 supermarkets, most of which are located in Kiev, and are also represented in Irpen, Vyshgorod, Boryspil and one in Zhytomyr.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Live Animations?

Kids loyalty campaign "Billa singing farm". According to BILLA's strategy, the company annually holds a kids loyalty campaign and attracts partners from various fields. For this project, it was necessary to develop a digital product - a mobile application. Life Animations was involved for this project as digital developer.

What were your goals for this project?

Target: to create a unique product in the Ukrainian retail market, to increase brand awareness, as well as the truffic of customers and to increase sales.

SOLUTION

How did you select Live Animations?

The supplier Live Animations was recommended to us by the third partner UGEARS. As a result, we got a truly unique and interesting mobile application Singing Farm, a quality product that works without interruptions.

Describe the project in detail.

Complete concept development including mechanics of the promotion, toy design, application development launch of advertising support etc.

What was the team composition?

Throughout the project, we worked closely with Yegor Pavlenko. Egor is organized as much as possible, systematic, 100% involved in the project, always available and in touch. We are very pleased to work with him.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We can evaluate the result in comparison with a similar loyalty campaign that took place last year in BILLA company. The results of this project Singing Farm are twice as good as in the previous year (double the number of stitches sold).

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Our work was very well-coordinated, productive and fast.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The most impressive was the coordination, speed and non-standard ideas of the Life Animations team.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Keep up the good work!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company as a whole is engaged in the distribution, production, and development of gadgets and accessories for mobile devices. Krazi Original and Gelius are our trademarks. We are the leaders of our regional market.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Live Animations?

In the modern world of technology, it is very difficult to stand out and make your brand, not like everyone else, recognizable.

And this problem is especially acute in the field of mobile devices and accessories for them: when there are hundreds of covers and protective films for each iPhone model on the market, try to stand out among other offers!

And we decided to create additional value for our products in the form of packaging revitalization using the AR mobile application.

What were your goals for this project?

We did not want to be just another brand of accessories, our task was to provide a new fresh look at an ordinary product, present the brand as innovative, and also give emotions to customers of the product.

Of course, in order to achieve such goals with a brand that has just entered the market teeming with competitors, something truly impressive is needed. This was the WOW effect of AR.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

The idea came spontaneously, I saw the speech of Andrei, the owner of the company at the event, admired his achievements, persona, experience and the company Live Animations. Literally immediately decided to use this innovative marketing tool for their products.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Having bought a phone case from our trademark and downloading the free application, the buyer can point the smartphone’s camera at the package of the case and see a scene in which the case saves a defenseless phone from rain from hot lava after a volcano erupts on a tropical island.

And having bought a portable speaker, he will be able to see how this speaker pops upright in the middle of the sea, and the dolphins swimming nearby arrange funny dances to her music.

We have connected all AR content with marine themes in the style of the brand so that customers get a complete immersion in the world of the brand. As a result, we have a product that gives our customers products additional value, conveys its key features and distinguishes among hundreds of analogs.

What was the team composition?

A sales manager and a project manager worked directly with us. A total of about 15 employees created the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

The needs buyer to offer more than just the appearance, packaging, and function of the product. To make it pleasant for a person to use the product so that he wants to share his pleasant impressions of using the product with others. And most importantly - give people an emotion of joy that they cannot find in standard products.

This project, we did not want to remain the next brand of just accessories, our goal has become to provide a new fresh look at an everyday product, to present the brand as innovative, and also to give emotions to the buyers of the product.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Work on the project progressed very rapidly. We got the result on time.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We ourselves produce creative products for protecting mobile devices, securities glass, electronics (port. Speakers, Bluetooth products, a series of power banks). But working with Live Animations showed us how their team can think, propose, and implement projects in a non-standard way.

Their team participated and helped us at all stages of the work: from the initial idea and script to the delivery and placement of the Mobile AR application. As a result, we received a cool product in a very short time.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Quickly changing and scaling the capabilities of AR Mobile applications for our new products for small amounts

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

UGEARS designs and manufactures unique 3D mechanical puzzles from high-quality plywood. All developments of the movable wooden 3D-structure are made without a single drop of glue. World leader in this field. Production - 7000 m2 of usable area, 160 machines, more than 200 employees.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Live Animations?

Creating a mobile application with augmented reality for one type of a line of 3D constructions of our company.

What were your goals for this project?

Our products have an emphasis on eduction. First, the user himself assembles our 3-D wooden model, and then with the help of AR he can better understand the world of mechanics of this product, and easy insight into the seemingly complicated mechanical processes.

In general, the goal was to facilitate understanding of the work and principles of mechanical processes for ordinary users with help augmented reality. Things we think are “complex” might be made simple and understandable.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We chose the company on the recommendation. We were recommended as a professional team in the field of creating AR.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

A high-quality AR mobile application was created, 3D models, 3D modeling and special effects were created.

What was the team composition?

We worked directly with the CEO

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

We can share it after the start of the project and analytics. Now there are no results and therefore it is difficult to answer

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management is good arranged, clear and because of it it's easy to work and control each step.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The communication line with the company management works very clearly. We received specific answers to emerging questions as quickly as possible, all corrections were made as quickly as possible with all the nuances, solutions were often offered to obtain a positive result, and competent explanations were made why this is best done. The team’s approach to cooperation and discipline inspires our respect.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We have just begun cooperation and there are no comments so far. Perhaps after the start and analytics of the project, recommendations for improvement will appear. So far, everything has worked out.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

“Gotek-Print” is a manufacturer of modern cardboard packaging. Our company is part of a packaging production holding. Number of employees more 2000. The position is Head of Planning and Production Preparation Department; consultant of “New Year Packaging” project in the matters of augmented reality technology application

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Live Animations?

Live Animations were selected to participate in the project of creation a New Year-themed packaging concept for children presents using the AR technology

What were your goals for this project?

Project goal: 1. Increasing the attractiveness of New Year-themed packaging among the target audience (children) 2. Increasing sales of the packaging

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

When we were selecting a contractor for our project, Live Animations were the only AR apps developer that produced the product of top quality, both in terms of animations and support quality.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

In the process of working on the New Year-themed packaging with AR, we were provided with: 1. Highest level of animation specialists’ competency 2. Great timing discipline from all Live Animations employees, positive mindset during the entire working period; attention to details in the working process 3. Initiative from Live Animations specialists regarding script improvements 4. High quality of characters in animations and high quality of sound effects 5. Quality app support during the entire declared period

What was the team composition?

Unique team composition in terms of creative and communicative abilities

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

As a result of the project of New Year-themed packaging with AR, our company was able to participate and win the international contest Worldstar 2017.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Organization of the project at the highest level! The stages of the project are pre-planned. All team actions are logical and effective.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Outstanding professionalism and competency of Live Animations employees The end result from the cooperation with Live Animations is the amazement of our own employees and children who received the packaging as gifts

Are there any areas for improvement?

They could improve the promotion of their amazing product on the market (through the Web, media, and so on). Many people we know have not heard about Live Animations’ products and that is just a shame.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work at a creative project agency.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Live Animations?

Thousands of children were asked to draw their dreams on paper and a selection were chosen to have their imaginings animated in 3D and launched into space during a huge projected light show. The climax of the 2019 Kyiv Lights Festival 2019, the children's characters and vehicles were simultaneously animated in

Augmented Reality around this projection on thousands of spectators' phones. At the same time, these characters were encoded into a radio signal and blasted into space from Ukraine's largest radio telescope! Now their childhood dreams will travel through the universe for eternity.

What were your goals for this project?

To attract the attention of a huge number of people with the help of augmented reality and video mapping in order to support the idea that children's dreams can come true

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

This company was recommended to us by their previous customers.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We wanted for us to create the world's first AR application, which was launched with 3D mapping. The task was to translate children's drawings into 3D models, animate them, and then create an animation to send children's dreams to space.

What was the team composition?

Programmers, project managers, 3D modelers, designers and animators

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

We attracted even more attention to the social project. In the process of research, there was a negative trend - the ability of children to dream is dying away. But big dreams are big goals and big achievements. And with the help of AR, we were able to attract more than 500,000 people to this project

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management was carried out in a timely manner, recommendations and corrections were made as we progressed. There was no such project in the world before, and therefore tasks and solutions often changed. The main thing is to invest in terms with high quality.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They were able to show us the potential behind the use of AR and proactively approached each stage of preparation. They made recommendations and listened to our wishes.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Editing speed and publishing speed of a mobile application