Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2010Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | in
Founder | Alex Schwartz |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
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Website | owlchemylabs |
Owlchemy Labs is a video game developer based in Austin, Texas. The company was founded in 2010 by Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduate Alex Schwartz.[1] Owlchemy is best known for its virtual reality video games Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. In May 2017, the studio was acquired by Google.[2][3]
Owlchemy also founded VR Austin, one of the largest VR-focused meetups in the US with over 2000 members, which holds Austin based VR Meetings and hosts a yearly game jam. Before that, the founders started the Boston Unity Group and the Winnipeg Unity User Group.[4]
Alex Schwartz departed the company on July 18, 2018; former CTO Devin Reimer became CEO, and Andrew Eiche became CTO.[5][6]
Devin Reimer departed the company on March 3, 2023; Former COO Andrew Eiche became CEO[7][8]