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JANUARY 10, 2017

Baobab’s adorable virtual reality animated short Invasion has reportedly been downloaded over 1 million times according to co-founder Maureen Fan. Fan was most recently the vice president of games at Zynga before starting Baobab with Madagascar and Antz director Eric Darnell.

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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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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

This award-winning story is now widely available online to consumers for the first time, offered as a traditional animated short film ( [link] ) as well as an interactive virtual reality experience free to download within the Oculus Store ( [link] ).

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

VRFocus brings you another roundup of exciting new virtual reality (VR) titles. 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. Headset: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows Mixed Reality.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Is virtual reality a bubble? Digi-Capital reported that venture capitalists invested $500 million in augmented reality and VR during the third quarter, with 65 percent of that money coming from mainstream traditional VCs. Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR.

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

Virtual reality (VR) is still a relatively new technology; because of that developers are still trying to figure out what to best spend their time creating. That isn’t just hyperbole either, Eric Darnell, the founder of Baobab Studios directed all 4 of the Madagascar movies!

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

Virtual reality (VR) is still a relatively new technology; because of that developers are still trying to figure out what to best spend their time creating. That isn’t just hyperbole either, Eric Darnell, the founder of Baobab Studios directed all 4 of the Madagascar movies!

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