Whether you believe the hype or not, virtual reality is here. Billions of dollars are being spent on vr headset development, vr content creation, and getting users to adopt the technology. The content ...

The ‘animation in vr’ space – currently dominated by tools such as Quill and Tvori – looks set to be joined by a new player: Ollie VR. Aimed specifically at beginners, Ollie VR hails from a group of ...

On paper, VR is an ideal medium for 3D animation. Consider that Pixar films feature lovingly modeled characters and environments, but to explore their richness, animators are constantly peering ...

In the evolving spectrum of virtual reality companies, Baobab Studios Inc. stands out as an early, significant player in the creation of high-end VR-animated experiences. With nearly $31 million in ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Baobab Studios has raised $25 million to create a new kind of animated ...

Researchers at Aalto University were looking for better ways to instruct dance choreography in virtual reality. The new WAVE technique they developed will be presented in May at the CHI conference, a ...

On the hunt for ‘the Pixar of VR’ a cast of big names have joined for a $6 million series A investment in virtual reality animation studio Baobab. Baobab Studios today announced a series A funding ...

Those who think virtual reality (VR) is solely the province of gamers, adventure-seekers, and simulation builders may be startled to see how dance-makers are employing the technology on screen. For ...

LCD Soundsystem has teamed up with the Amsterdam-based design studios Puckey and Moniker as well as with Google‘s data arts team to produce a kind of abstract, interactive music video for their latest ...

A new paper authored by researchers from Disney Research and several universities describes a new approach to procedural speech animation based on deep learning. The system samples audio recordings of ...