<s>
LiquidSky	B-Application
was	O
a	O
New	O
York	O
Citybased	O
provider	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
visualization	B-Application
,	O
acquired	O
by	O
Walmart	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
flagship	O
product	O
was	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
service	I-Application
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
launched	O
on	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
major	O
competitors	O
include	O
Sony	O
's	O
PlayStation	B-General_Concept
Now	I-General_Concept
and	O
NVIDIA	O
's	O
GeForce	O
Now	O
for	O
PC	O
and	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2014	O
by	O
Ian	O
McLoughlin	O
and	O
Scott	O
Johnston	O
as	O
LiquidSky	B-Application
Software	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
founding	O
LiquidSky	B-Application
,	O
McLoughlin	O
had	O
expressed	O
displeasure	O
of	O
how	O
existing	O
cloud	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
solutions	O
handled	O
latency	O
and	O
input	O
lag	O
,	O
particularly	O
OnLive	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ian	O
stated	O
that	O
his	O
goal	O
when	O
founding	O
LiquidSky	B-Application
was	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
service	O
with	O
minimal	O
latency	O
and	O
input	O
lag	O
,	O
thus	O
offering	O
a	O
cleaner	O
experience	O
for	O
gamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
slated	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
delayed	O
to	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
server	O
issues	O
and	O
launched	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
11	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
LiquidSky	B-Application
updated	O
their	O
Android	B-Application
client	I-Application
to	O
reflect	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
stated	O
that	O
support	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
was	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiquidSky	B-Application
shut	O
down	O
their	O
service	O
on	O
December	O
17	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
while	O
they	O
focus	O
their	O
efforts	O
on	O
building	O
a	O
new	O
streaming	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2018	O
,	O
LiquidSky	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Walmart	O
and	O
now	O
focusing	O
on	O
other	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
features	O
stated	O
for	O
LiquidSky	B-Application
were	O
low	O
latency	O
,	O
fast	O
intranet	O
speeds	O
,	O
up-to-date	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
different	O
storage	O
plans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiquidSky	B-Application
has	O
received	O
attention	O
from	O
various	O
online	O
news	O
outlets	O
,	O
including	O
Engadget	B-Application
,	O
VentureBeat	O
,	O
Time	O
,	O
IGN	O
,	O
PCGamer	O
,	O
and	O
PCGamesN	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
claiming	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
succeeded	O
where	O
previous	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
OnLive	B-Application
failed	O
.	O
</s>
