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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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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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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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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

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. Feature films go to China, they go to India, they go everywhere. Image Credit: Oculus VR.

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