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Personally, I feel like WeChat or other superapps are closer to a metaverse than Fortnight. You can build mini-apps, you can spend money, it's independent from
by cl42 7y ago
Personally, I feel like WeChat or other superapps are closer to a metaverse than Fortnight. You can build mini-apps, you can spend money, it's independent from the underlying hardware -- i.e., you can run them anywhere and they provide a deep social network. Throw in AR glasses and you can enter that metaverse whenever you want, as a sensory experience or simply to browse/use apps via the more traditional phone interface.
- Mirioron 7y agoThe issue is that there's no spatial component to WeChat. For whatever reason, it feels different when you have an avatar in a world with some freedom to move around. Another thing is that WeChat doesn't provide you much of an activity itself, unlike the ones attached to games.
- sdrothrock 7y ago> The issue is that there's no spatial component to WeChat. For whatever reason, it feels different when you have an avatar in a world with some freedom to move around. I completely agree. My experience in Online Town was vastly different from my experience in Zoom.
- cl42 7y agoWOAH! Online Town... Never heard of it, but that's so cool. Thanks for mentioning it. I'm going to reach out to the founders because I love this... THANKS AGAIN!!
- sdrothrock 7y agoSure thing! I had a blast when it hit the HN front page and it still sticks with me.
- cl42 7y agoI think this is 100% buildable in WeChat, not to mention its existing location-based services. I'd argue it's easier to build that feature into WeChat than all the other features into Fortnite.