How did the iPlayground come into reality?
Interactive Playground is a new brand, which is growing fast. How did it all start?
From idea to the first meetings
It was 2019 and an idea for a game that would connect the phone with sports started to form in Petr's head. He wanted to create something for his kids that would keep them entertained and get them moving at the same time.
He discovered the technology that would turn his idea into reality at the wax museum he was working for at the time.
He dusted off his contacts and teamed up with František, who had years of experience in making and implementing physical playgrounds. Word got around and they started working on the iPlayground prototype as a team. František's son Franta Jr. soon joined the team and began to participate in the project in terms of business, development and process.
History
2020
Hooray! The first prototype of the app has seen the world.
2021
There is no time to waste, iPlayground goes to the market and finds its first customers.
2022
2022 is a year of stabilisation of the application. Sales of iPlayground are expanding beyond the network of contacts and people are starting to show interest without the magic of the sales team.
2023
The app is running at full speed and sales continue to expand. We are starting to build a strong visual and brand identity.
iPlayground team
Do you want to know who is behind the creation of the iPlayground, who takes care of the operation and who to contact for possible cooperation? These are the main members of our team:
Petr Mališ
CEO and Founder of iPlayground
Petr is the man responsible for the creation of the app and the iPlayground itself. Thanks to his experience as a senior software developer manager at MOVISIO, a technology company specializing in the development of 3D models and animations, he pushes the functionality of iPlayground far ahead of the competition.
František Bican
Sales Manager
František has been building playgrounds all over the Czech Republic under the brand ONYX wood since 1998. In the iPlayground team he takes care of the business and deals mainly with representatives of towns and municipalities.
František Bican ml.
Sales Representative
František Jr. is the main driving force behind iHřiště - he is responsible for idea creation, project management and software development. He is in contact with the schools and manages the overall marketing of the brand.
David Porš
Marketing Manager
David joined the iHřiště team in 2022. With his Liberec-based digital agency SMWORKS, he takes care of brand development, web and marketing strategy.
What lies ahead for us in the future?
We are heading beyond the borders of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We are currently cooperating with 4 other countries that are as enthusiastic about the Interactive Playground concept as our players, and we are starting to translate the app into other world languages. Our goal is to build a large community of players who will enjoy learning and playing in motion and will be happy to return to iPlayground regularly.
As part of our technological advancements, we are constantly working on optimizing the app, improving the design and adding new features (e.g. navigation or monitoring sports activity within workouts). We plan to work with artificial intelligence as well as improving augmented reality games.
