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Read More »Google buys VR developer Owlchemy Labs
Google acquires VR developer Owlchemy Labs
Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality developer Owlchemy Labs is now owned by Google. Google is going big on VR following the release of its Daydream platform, and the studio’s early success with Job Simulator clearly made it a priority target. Owlchemy recently discussed the importance it placed …
Read More »Opinion: Generation Media’s Martin Doyle discusses the recent developments at Google
The digital media landscape is seemingly cosmic in size and complexity, and so very tricky for us to picture in its entirety. But if I were to scale it down to something that could be analogised more clearly, it reminds me very much of Minecraft. An open-world, sandbox environment in …
Read More »YouTube imposes new creator monetisation restriction
Smaller YouTube channels will as of today find it harder to generate revenue from their content . The Google owned network has announced a change to its partner program, which until now allowed even new users of the service to immediately start monetising their content. As of now, however, creators …
Read More »Google reckons new AI is stamping out YouTube hate speech ads
Web giant Google claims that a new AI system has increased the number of YouTube videos identified as containing hate speech by a factor of five. The company has seen a number of major advertisers withdraw their YouTube campaigns in recent weeks after growing discomfort of the association between brands …
Read More »YouTube faces advertiser exodus over hate speech fears
A growing list of major global brands are withdrawing their advertising spend on YouTube due to the fear of being associated with hate speech. The Google-owned company has been rocked in recent weeks by the increased awareness of the racist hate speech that has become alarmingly common among some of …
Read More »Google reveals the 10 most searched games of 2016
On Google, that is
Read More »Pokemon Go was Google’s most searched term in 2016
It was the year of Donald Trump and Brexit and Bowie and Prince and political lies and mainstream racism, but it was Pokemon Go that got internet users hottest under the collar in 2016. Google has revealed that Pokemon Go was the most searched term on its site last year. …
Read More »Google reveals a few more Daydream VR titles
New VR contender Google Daydream has revealed an additional seven apps heading the service’s way. Heading up the list is CCP’s EVE Gunjack 2: End of Shift. Exclusive to Google’s headset, the space shooter differs from Valkyrie in that players are sat in a comparatively stationary pod and not freely …
Read More »Tech giants join together to create Global Virtual Reality Association
Facebook's Oculus, Google, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Samsung and Acer all involved
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