Google Buys Zync Cloud Graphics Rendering Service 20
mpicpp (3454017) writes To beef up its cloud platform with more specialized packages, Google is acquiring Zync for its large scale rendering service for movie special effects, called Zync Render. Google plans to offer the Zync service on its Google Cloud Platform, where it can be used by motion picture studios that do not want to build their own rendering farms.
Re:I don't understand this... (Score:5, Interesting)
What are they (Zinc) providing that is not just computing power? Custom interfaces?
Why would Google be interested in such thing?
Customers, perhaps? Maybe Google needs better relations with the movie industry. Being a service provide is one inroad.