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Protozoa
Established Date: Jan. 1, 1987
Deceased Date: Nov. 1, 2000
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Located in San Francisco, CA Protozoa was a pioneering performance animation company of complete systems, production, and Web-based animation content. Founder Brad DeGraf spun this new company off from Colossal Pictures Digital Media Division with $2 million from the Motorola New Ventures fund.
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Brad previously (along with partner Michael Wahrman of deGraf/ Wahrman) had created the first real-time character performance, Mike the Talking Head, at Siggraph 1988. Brad also was part of the team that Jim Henson contracted at Digital Productions in 1988 to digitize Kermit the Frog. Moxy, the first-ever live 3D character for television, was created and originally produced by Protozoa's founders while at Colossal Pictures in 1993 (and later by Turner Productions). Turner also licensed Protozoa's Alive for the Cartoon …
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Protozoa also created Floops, the first live 3D episodic cartoon, which has been published twice weekly on the Web for over six months using VRML 2.0 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language). Floops won Best of Show at the 1997 VRML Excellence Awards.
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Protozoa was sold in late 2000 to an internet startup company called Dreamtime which promptly when out of business. Since then Brad DeGraf has focused his attentions to a variety of media, technology and information based social programs.
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Michael Wahrman
first real-time performance animation
Brad previously (along with partner Michael Wahrman of deGraf/ Wahrman) had created the first real-time character performance, Mike the Talking Head, at Siggraph 1988. Brad also was part of the team that Jim Henson contracted at Digital Productions in 1988 to digitize Kermit the Frog. Moxy, the first-ever live 3D character for television, was created and originally produced by Protozoa's founders while at Colossal Pictures in 1993 (and later by Turner Productions). Turner also licensed Protozoa's Alive for the Cartoon Network. Ziff-Davis Television bought Alive and Dev Null from Protozoa to co-host The Site on MSNBC. They produced more than 20 minutes a week for over a year, viewed by 55 million homes worldwide. This makes Dev easily the most widely seen virtual character in the world.
Floops!
Protozoa also created Floops, the first live 3D episodic cartoon, which has been published twice weekly on the Web for over six months using VRML 2.0 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language). Floops won Best of Show at the 1997 VRML Excellence Awards.
The End
Protozoa was sold in late 2000 to an internet startup company called Dreamtime which promptly when out of business. Since then Brad DeGraf has focused his attentions to a variety of media, technology and information based social programs.
Located in San Francisco, CA Protozoa was a pioneering performance animation company of complete systems, production, and Web-based animation content. Founder Brad DeGraf spun this new company off from Colossal Pictures Digital Media Division with $2 million from the Motorola New Ventures fund.