Remove HTC Remove Madagascar Remove Oculus
article thumbnail

Baobab Studios Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round

Road to VR

Original investors included Comcast Ventures, HTC and Samsung, but now join Horizons Ventures, Twentieth Century Fox, Evolution Media Partners (backed by TPG and CAA), China’s Shanghai Media Group, Youku Global Media Fund and LDV Partners. SEE ALSO Comcast, Samsung, and HTC Join $6 Million Investment in VR Animation Studio 'Baobab'.

article thumbnail

VR Short Film ‘Asteroids!’ from Baobab Studios Now Available

Road to VR

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. at Oculus Connect 3 in 2016, and has since made an interactive preview of the animation available on Gear VR and Daydream platforms.

Filming 208
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

VR Experiences for Grandma and the Kids

VRScout

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 . HTC Vive • Oculus Rift • PlayStation VR. Happy holidays from the VRScout family to yours.

article thumbnail

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

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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.

article thumbnail

The VR Game Launch Roundup: Marbles, Mountains & Mayhem

Peter Graham

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. Supported platform(s): HTC Vive. Headset: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows Mixed Reality. Supported platform(s): Oculus Quest.

Gaming 40
article thumbnail

Venture Capitalists Contemplate How Much Exuberance Is Good for VR Investing

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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. Above: VR Funhouse is a series of mini games for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset.

Strategy 100
article thumbnail

The Best VR Anime/Animations You Must Watch

VeeR VR

That isn’t just hyperbole either, Eric Darnell, the founder of Baobab Studios directed all 4 of the Madagascar movies! A few months back, Square Enix released Tales of Wedding Rings VR, for Oculus Rift. Asteroids. ‘Asteroids’, looks like something straight out of a Disney.

Filming 23