Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Interactive VR short film Asteroids! , From the director of the Madagascar franchise, the full 11-minute cut continues the journey of aliens Mac and Cheez (and robot sidekick Peas) on their deep space mission. is not currently available on PSVR, HTC Vive, or Oculus Rift, despite its considerably more interactive design.

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2018

Quill , Oculus’ VR painting and drawing tool, recently saw a major update which added animation tools to the software, allowing users to create animated sequences directly in VR. A resident artist at Oculus has taken to the tool to show the incredible potential of drawing and animating in VR. Which helped to build this quickly.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

As a current artist-in-residence on the Facebook Social VR team, Goro Fujita has been making some pretty impressive “quillistrations” as a part of his daily creative regime using Quill, Oculus’ first-party VR paint and drawing tool that he helped develop. — Goro Fujita (@gorosart) September 11, 2018.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

There isn’t a studio that can claim to be ‘The Pixar of VR’ just yet, but many heavy hitters in traditional media and tech are taking notice of the growth potential of animated films in VR, and specifically in Baobab Studios , the VR film studio known for animated shorts INVASION! and sequel ASTEROIDS!

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Narrated by Ethan Hawke and created by the director of Madagascar, INVASION! Watch On: Oculus Rift • Gear VR • HTC Vive • PS VR . Watch On: PS VR • Oculus Rift • HTC Vive . This celebrated, landmark VR film takes you on a journey from one beginning, to a new beginning. – Baobab Studios.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

While we may be a ways off from having full length virtual reality or 360-degree feature films and even further than that from having them debut in movie theaters in some way, that isn’t stopping big names from getting behind the formats. directed by the same person responsible for Madagascar and narrated by Ethan Hawke.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Fan was most recently the vice president of games at Zynga before starting Baobab with Madagascar and Antz director Eric Darnell. Invasion is available for free on just about every VR platform available to date including Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, PlayStation VR and HTC Vive. Tagged with: Asteroids!

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