Google has acquired Owlchemy Labs, the studio that created games such as Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality:
Owlchemy is known for developing games that closely mimic using real hands, and a blog post assures readers that it's "continuing to focus on hand interactions and high quality user experiences, like with Job Simulator." Schwartz says that full-motion hand tracking is "kind of our key factor." That stands in contrast to Google's current VR platform, Daydream — which uses a remote with limited motion controls. "We have a pretty big vision" for virtual and augmented reality, says Google VR and AR engineering director Relja Markovic. "Daydream's a great product — I love my Daydream. But there will be many, many things that come after that."
Meanwhile, Oculus has closed its own in-house "Story Studio", which made short VR films such as Lost, Henry, and Dear Angelica.
Also at VentureBeat and Tom's Hardware.
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Begging for change and being ignored.
Pissing yourself because no public restrooms.
Sleeping on a train because the shelter closed down.
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Such bad words ... your mommy would be ashamed.
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