{"id":15060,"date":"2021-04-14T15:06:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T15:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/goodbye-reality-bring-on-fortnite-metaverse"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:07:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:07:26","slug":"goodbye-reality-bring-on-fortnite-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/goodbye-reality-bring-on-fortnite-metaverse","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye reality, bring on the Fortnite Metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s been the coolest thing in gaming over the past decade? Virtual reality is a contender, even if it hasn’t reached its potential. There was the Twitch firestorm over the PT demo, but considering the final game will now never release, that memory has a stench of crushed promises.<\/p>\n

Step forward, Travis Scott’s concert<\/a> in Fortnite. I’m neither a Travis Scott fan or an avid Fortnite player, yet I’m a sucker for spectacle with giant rappers. Coming off the COVID-19 pandemic, it was an accidental, timely glimpse into a new future — where gigs no longer tested bladder control but defied the laws of reality inside a digital social hub.<\/p>\n

The Weeknd might have synchronised hundreds of dancers with flashing hands at the Super Bowl, but it isn’t quite the same as Travis Scott sitting on a planet while you jettison through space. It felt like the next step for Fortnite, no longer a third-person battle royale with occasional crossovers, but an entertainment portal the likes we’ve never seen before.<\/p>\n