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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Google has acquired Owlchemy Labs [theverge.com], the studio that created games such as Job Simulator [theverge.com] and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality [theverge.com]:

Owlchemy is known for developing games that closely mimic using real hands, and a blog post [owlchemylabs.com] 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" [variety.com], which made short VR films [uploadvr.com] such as Lost, Henry, and Dear Angelica.

Also at VentureBeat [venturebeat.com] and Tom's Hardware [tomshardware.com].

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