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Denny’s Celebrates Its 70th Anniversary With AR Food Menu That Enhances Dining Experience

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AR Food Menu: Denny’s Latest Foray Into AR When Denny’s shared its 2022 results in February, CEO Kelli Valade said that one of the company’s strategic priorities is “to lead with technology and innovation.”

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DreamWorks Bringing Kung Fu Panda and Shrek to VR

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The content available included a twenty year retrospective piece on the studio, another for their recent release of Home , and the last being an interactive experience for Penguins of Madagascar. This move gave Digital Domain more production, technology and artistry capability in this exciting world of immersive entertainment.

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Baobab Studios Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round

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Cutler will be joining Baobab as chief technology officer (CTO). 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).

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John Legend Partners with Baobab Studios for VR Series ‘Rainbow Crow’

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Based on a legend from the Lenape Tribe, Rainbow Crow is a story that champions perseverance, diversity and self-acceptance—uniting music, bleeding-edge technology, and a focus on storytelling fundamentals that Baobab has built its name on. Like INVASION!

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ASTEROIDS! is a Playful Act of Intergalactic Compassion

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, transitioned to VR from Hollywood, where he directed movies like Antz and the Madagascar franchise. was inspired by Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds , in which an alien race with superior technology is brought down by an oversight regarding bacteria. In fact, INVASION!

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10 Best Virtual Reality 360° Short Films!

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The technology presents endless possibilities for the entertainment industry. There was the fear that this new medium will not be popular for 1) costly production and 2) the technology is not mature. Colorful VR animation from the director of Madagascar and narrated by Ethan Hawke. Baobab Studios. 2017 Emmy Winner!

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VR Animation Startup Baobab Adds $25 Million

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Fan previously worked at Zynga as a vice president while Darnell worked on the Madagascar films. Now the company is adding a chief technology officer, Larry Cutler, who was a technical director at Pixar on Toy Story 2 and Monsters Inc. We do absolutely have secret sauce technology we’re developing,” Fan said.