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Fortnite is similar to the multiverse in Ready Player One. There have been multiple cross-over events in game, such as: 1) Live DJ show https://www.bbc.co.uk/n

Fortnite is similar to the multiverse in Ready Player One. There have been multiple cross-over events in game, such as: 1) Live DJ show https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47118989 https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47118989 2) Avengers Endgame promo https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516452/fortnite-avengers-end-game-marvel-superheroes-crossover-event-infinity-war https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516452/fortnite-avenger... 3) Star Wars exclusive trailer https://www.wired.com/story/fortnite-star-wars/ https://www.wired.com/story/fortnite-star-wars/ It's proving it is more than just a battle royale shooter..

m4rtink 7y ago
That's really nothing new - Azur Lane has cross-over events all the time, for example.
RenRav 7y ago
I think Second Life or VRChat seem to have more similarity with Ready Player One. Maybe not the scale and popularity but everything else.
jpindar 7y ago
In Creative mode it's also a platform for a wide variety of user-created games, not just pvp shooters.
meheleventyone 7y ago
Isn’t that just classic advertising by product placement?
rumok 7y ago
Check out Facebook Horizon. It is eerily similar to The Oasis.
- jacobush 7y ago
  ... if the sixers owned it
smackay 7y ago
I think the human race will rue the day it took the first step down the path to a metaverse. Fortnite has already show millions of parents how it's impossible to get their kids to disengage from a game which carries a high social cost of not being involved. The incentives are weighed heavily against individual choice and that can only lead to new forms of slavery.
- KaoruAoiShiho 7y ago
  Just another darwinian filter. People who overinvest in the metaverse will select themselves out of the gene pool.
Toenex 7y ago
This is indeed how Tim sees Fortnite. It's like the MVP of his metaverse idea. https://blog.siggraph.org/2019/10/siggraph-spotlight-episode-30-tim-sweeney-and-the-metaverse.html/ https://blog.siggraph.org/2019/10/siggraph-spotlight-episode...

m4rtink 7y ago

That's really nothing new - Azur Lane has cross-over events all the time, for example.

RenRav 7y ago

I think Second Life or VRChat seem to have more similarity with Ready Player One. Maybe not the scale and popularity but everything else.

jpindar 7y ago

In Creative mode it's also a platform for a wide variety of user-created games, not just pvp shooters.

meheleventyone 7y ago

Isn’t that just classic advertising by product placement?

rumok 7y ago

Check out Facebook Horizon. It is eerily similar to The Oasis.

jacobush 7y ago
... if the sixers owned it

smackay 7y ago

I think the human race will rue the day it took the first step down the path to a metaverse. Fortnite has already show millions of parents how it's impossible to get their kids to disengage from a game which carries a high social cost of not being involved. The incentives are weighed heavily against individual choice and that can only lead to new forms of slavery.

KaoruAoiShiho 7y ago
Just another darwinian filter. People who overinvest in the metaverse will select themselves out of the gene pool.

Toenex 7y ago

This is indeed how Tim sees Fortnite. It's like the MVP of his metaverse idea. https://blog.siggraph.org/2019/10/siggraph-spotlight-episode-30-tim-sweeney-and-the-metaverse.html/ https://blog.siggraph.org/2019/10/siggraph-spotlight-episode...