⊲ The Guardian ⊳ Skyral, a UK company spun out of Improbable, is part of the Omnia Training consortium that won a £2bn Ministry of Defence contract to help train the British Army using digital...
Tag: Fortnite
Virtual Hubs Are Shutting Down
⊲ Immersive Wire ⊳ Virtual hubs that once drew attention during remote work growth are losing momentum as funding tightens and user expectations shift. AltSpaceVR has closed, Rec Room will shut in...
Disney Films Premiere Inside Fortnite
⊲ Players ⊳ Following Disney's $1.5 billion investment in Epic Games in 2024, the entertainment giant plans to premiere major films directly within Fortnite. The initiative forms part of a...
Unity and Epic Games Union
⊲ The Verge ⊳ Epic Games is partnering with Unity to integrate Unity-developed games into Fortnite, expanding the platform's offerings significantly. This collaboration aims to create an open...
Centralised or Decentralised Fortnite Metaverse?
⊲ Posting Nexus ⊳ This article by Julia Alexander describes how Fortnite is evolving into a creator-driven platform, resembling YouTube’s model by fostering an ecosystem where user-generated...
Sweeney’s Gaming and Metaverse Vision
| VentureBeat | VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi interviews Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney: Open Collaboration: Sweeney advocates for an open metaverse through collaboration across tech and...
Disney’s Fortnite-Based Theme Park
Gamereactor | Epic Games is developing a "persistent Disney universe" within Fortnite, though it will have limitations due to age ratings. Disney has invested heavily in Epic Games, and this new...