
Google has recently announced that they have bought the company behind games like Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality.
Owlchemy Labs was founded over 6 years ago and has since won awards for Job Simulator, running on HTC Vive, Oculus + Touch, and PlayStation VR.
Google wrote in their blog post that “we’ll be working to create engaging, immersive games and developing new interaction models across many different platforms to continue bringing the best VR experiences to life.”
Owlchemy Lab’s blog post wrote “Today is a REAAAALLY BIG day for Owlchemy. We’re positively thrilled to announce that Owlchemy Labs has been acquired by Google!”
“Owlchemy will continue building high quality VR content for platforms like the HTC Vive, Oculus Touch, and PlayStation VR. This means continuing to focus on hand interactions and high quality user experiences, like with Job Simulator. This means continuing our mission to build VR for everyone, and doing all of this as the same silly Owlchemy Labs you know and love. We are continuing to do all of this with even more support and focus on building awesome stuff. It’s incredibly exciting that Google and Owlchemy are so well aligned on our goals and vision for the future of VR.”
Google has worked on various interactive VR experiences, including within YouTube, Street View, and Photos on Daydream to Google Earth VR and Tilt Brush.



