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05-11-2017, 02:09 PM
Google buys VR company Owlchemy
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In case you needed more proof that Google is serious about virtual reality, here's a bit of news for you: The Mountain View company has acquired Owlchemy, as an**unced by both companies on their respective blogs.*
Owlchemy has been around for six years, and in that time it launched several **table VR games, including Job Simulator (the game that HTC used for its Vive demos) and, more recently, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality which is available for HTC Vive as well as Oculus.*
SEE ALSO: Please Björk, release this brilliant VR video in actual VR (http://mashable.com/2017/04/03/bjork-vr-music-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The company said (http://owlchemylabs.com/owlchemy-labs-and-google-join-forces/) in a post it will "continue building high quality VR content for platforms like the HTC Vive, Oculus Touch, and PlayStation VR." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/11/google-acquires-owlchemy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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In case you needed more proof that Google is serious about virtual reality, here's a bit of news for you: The Mountain View company has acquired Owlchemy, as an**unced by both companies on their respective blogs.*
Owlchemy has been around for six years, and in that time it launched several **table VR games, including Job Simulator (the game that HTC used for its Vive demos) and, more recently, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality which is available for HTC Vive as well as Oculus.*
SEE ALSO: Please Björk, release this brilliant VR video in actual VR (http://mashable.com/2017/04/03/bjork-vr-music-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The company said (http://owlchemylabs.com/owlchemy-labs-and-google-join-forces/) in a post it will "continue building high quality VR content for platforms like the HTC Vive, Oculus Touch, and PlayStation VR." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/11/google-acquires-owlchemy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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