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Google bought one of the top virtual reality studios
Google bought one of the top virtual reality studios
Steve KovachMay 11, 2017, 02:06 IST
Google announced Wednesday that it bought Owlchemy Labs, one of the top virtual reality video game companies.
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Owlchemy will join Google's Daydream division, which makes the Daydream VR headset and is also working on augmented reality.
The move signals that Google wants to build more VR content in house, even as rival Facebook closes its own VR studio, Oculus Story Studio.
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Owlchemy is best known for its VR game "Job Simulator," where you play a human doing menial jobs for robots. Yes, it's as weird as it sounds.