Microsoft Corporation acquired RenderMorphics, Ltd., a transaction announced in February 1995.
RenderMorphics, Ltd. operates in Graphics / DirectX (Direct3D), is based in London, United Kingdom. RenderMorphics, a London-based company founded in 1992, developed Reality Lab, a high-performance 3-D graphics API used in games and multimedia applications. Microsoft acquired it in February 1995 to jump-start 3-D graphics on Windows; the Reality Lab technology became the basis of Direct3D within DirectX.
Acquire a proven 3-D graphics engine to add hardware-accelerated 3-D to Windows and DirectX.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.