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Facebook Artist Makes a Case for VR Manga in Homage to Iconic ‘Dragon Ball’ Scene

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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 12, 2018.

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Baobab Studios Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round

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series, was first revealed at the Oculus Connect 3 developer conference earlier this month. Darnell is best known for his director and screenwriter credits on all four films in the DreamWorks Madagascar franchise, and also known for his work on The Penguins of Madagascar (2014) and Antz (1998). The full release of ASTEROIDS!

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Actress Elizabeth Banks Brings Pedigree To VR Animation ASTEROIDS!

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directed by the same person responsible for Madagascar and narrated by Ethan Hawke. will feature the voice of Elizabeth Banks who’s known for her role as Effie Trinket in the Hunger Games series of films and is directed by Baobab’s co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Eric Darnell. Their second feature, ASTEROIDS!

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Baobab’s ‘Invasion’ Has Reportedly Been Downloaded ‘Well Over 1 Million’ Times

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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.

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The VR Game Launch Roundup: Marbles, Mountains & Mayhem

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Supported platform(s): Oculus Rift & HTC Vive. Find out in this new VR experience from Baobab Studios and from the director of Madagascar and Antz. A Dragon’s Tale VR – Spillage Games. The outcome of the whole story is down to your own decisions made over the course of the game. Supported platform(s): Oculus Quest.

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Why are Aliens Fishing in Space?

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NEW Quest 2 Game Galactic Catch is off to a GREAT START!! Named Most Innovative Company by Fast Company (2018), the studio is creatively led by writer/director Eric Darnell (Antz and all four Madagascar films). Its slate of original projects is currently being adapted into books, comics, films, games, series, and more.

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Venture Capitalists Contemplate How Much Exuberance Is Good for VR Investing

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Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR. Image Credit: Oculus. But recently both Google and Oculus have gotten behind it, and as a result we’re seeing accelerated adoption of web VR. DeMiroz: I can tell you, from our portfolio, out of the 14, five are in content and games.

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