Microsoft Corp, which acquired Reality Lab rendering software developer RenderMorphics Ltd on undisclosed terms last week (CI No 2,610), says the London company’s sought-after technology adds a key piece of multimedia technology to the Windows portfolio-real-time three-dimensional graphics, adding that it plans to enhance the Reality Lab product line and make it a general-purpose, real-time three-dimensional application programming interface in future versions of Windows operating systems products. It looks as if the company is being dismantled, because Reality Lab product support, developer relations and sales will be moved to Microsoft’s respective divisions; customers will be able to order the Reality Lab developer’s kit from Microsoft in 45 days.
