In 2016, iCEE.fest was the biggest scene for the VR & AR professionals in the CEE region. We witnessed to some spectacular projects and case studies that amazed the entire world.

This year, the festival also have a great set list when it comes to Virtual and Augmented Reality, with speakers and companies involved in worldwide appreciated campaigns.

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Let’s see some of the confirmed speakers, companies and projects to showcase @ iCEEfest next month in Bucharest!

Cory Key, VP of Interactive & VR for the Discovery Agency
- Discovery Agency it’s a full-service team of 120 industry professionals based in LA, NYC, London and DC that supports all the Discovery Network’s businesses globally with Strategy, Creative Development and Production.
- Expertise includes Creative, Digital, Photo, Strategy, Account Management, AdSales Integration and all forms of Production.

Here’s a showcase: Jump behind the scenes of Bear Grylls’s latest Samsung Gear S3 shoot in Black Park near London. This is how he tells a story of survival with the help of Samsung’s smart watch [Credits: DiscoveryVR]

Sergiu Ardelean, Co-founder @ Artivive
- A returning speaker, in 2016 Sergiu showed us a case study that involved some great cars and pure VR&AR tech
- His presentation, “Driven by Augmented and Virtual Reality” is available for FREE in iCEE.academy

Jonathan Chippindale, Chief Executive @ Holition
- To celebrate the revival of the iconic Eclair sneaker – LS.12 Lacoste commissioned Holition to create a 3D projection mapping onto a supersized version of the shoe.
- As mapping is usually done on flat surfaces the challenge was to map the contours of a 3-dimensional 2 meter square shoe which was then suspended from the ceiling.
- For the launch at London’s Shoreditch Studios, 250 guests saw the heritage of the famous Lacoste shoe brought to life through abstract lighting and imagery projected onto the shoe.

- Josh Naylor, Senior Tech Evangelist @ Unity
  - Unity Technologies is the creator of Unity, an intuitive and flexible development platform used to make wildly creative and intelligently interactive 3D and 2D content.
  - The “author once, deploy everywhere”capability ensures developers can publish to all of the most popular platforms.
- Paula Monteiro, Marketing Director @ Wikitude
  - Introducing SDK 6, Wikitude’s powerful SLAM solution for augmented reality apps.
  - SDK 6 combines top-notch image recognition and tracking, improved geo-location AR and the all-new Wikitude 3D tracking technology (SLAM-based), becoming the world’s most comprehensive augmented reality SDK for mobile, tablets and smart glasses.

Thorsten Wiedemann, Director/ Founder @ A Maze
- Established since 2008, A MAZE is an international label in the field of independent and alternative games, playful media, virtual realities and digital culture
- Their portfolio includes the production, consulting and curation of festivals, exhibitions, conferences, workshops, academies, game showcases, game jams, artist in residence programs and publishing a magazine.
Adrian Leu, CEO @ Inition
- This is the Inition Demo Studio, a unique space in which visitors can engage with and experience the latest tech and experiential projects

Jay Short, Strategy Director @ CTN Communications
- CTN is an independent, creative communications agency based in London who have been in operation for nearly 25 years
- Specializing in Event, Film, Digital and Leadership Consultancy, their purpose is to provide inspiring and innovative communications that help create lasting reputations.

Julio Obelleiro, Co-founder @ Wildbytes
- Victory Motorcycles, the American motorcycle manufacturer and main competitor of Harley-Davidson needed to draw attention through authenticity and innovation at the IMS (Progressive International Motorcycle Show)
- space150 partnered with Wildbytes to create a hyper-real VR experience that allowed fans to try the new Victory on the spot, at high speed
- From a realistic sound simulator to an integrated vibration system inside the motorcycle to mimic the bike’s engine in real time, including the physical throttle connected to the virtual counterpart.
- An emotional virtual tour through the heart of the Badlands in South Dakota.