• The central character in the story is a car named Pearl who gives selfless service to her father and daughter musician owners.
• It was produced as a part of Google’s Spotlight Stories using their custom VR animation software codenamed Moxie that’s being developed within Google’s Advanced Technologies and Projects (aka ATAP).
• I had a chance to talk with Patrick at SIGGRAPH, where they premiered the interactive version of Pearl showing on the Vive.
• Pearl was directed by Patrick Osborne , who won an Academy Award for Disney’s animated short film Feast.
• The YouTube channel for Google’s Spotlight Stories has their previous 360 video experiments, and they’re releasing some introductory videos including how to watch a 360 video on a phone without even using a VR headset.

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