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Baobab Studios Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round

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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'.

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VR Experiences for Grandma and the Kids

VRScout

Narrated by Ethan Hawke and created by the director of Madagascar, INVASION! Fun to watch for both kids and adults, this award winning piece is bound to entertain the family with fluffy heroic bunnies with the slapstick Laurel and Hardy antics of two aliens. Watch On: Oculus Rift • Gear VR • HTC Vive • PS VR .

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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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Venture Capitalists Contemplate How Much Exuberance Is Good for VR Investing

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Above: VR Funhouse is a series of mini games for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. Question: For content that’s entertainment-focused, what are some of the monetization models that may work? To me, that seems like an investment in one particular person, the guy who made Madagascar. Image Credit: Nvidia.

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Don’t miss out on this offer ? As low as $7,000 per unit!

Steki Amusement

Series ─ VR Egg 360 (9D Virtual Reality Roller Coaster Simulator) : $7,000 (regularly $8,600) 360° Rotation for a super VR entertainment experience! Newest Car Driving Simulator, Innovative product for the international market for children’s entertainment and simulation racing events. AR Racing: Most Popular Arcade Driving Simulator.