Recently Epic Games He commented that he would begin to enter and experiment with new technologies, since his plans are to build a metaverseand they have just revealed that they will make large investments to achieve it, since today, the developer of Fortnite announced a round of financing $2 billionwhich says to use “to advance the company’s vision to build the metaverse and support its continued growth.”
These funds come from Sonywhich previously invested in EpicY KIRKBIa family-operated investment group Kirk KristiansenWhat a background Lego Groupthen, during the past week, Epic Y Lego announced a partnership to create a family version of the metaverseand although few details have been revealed so far, according to a press release, both Sony What KIRKBI they invested billion dollars as part of the most recent funding round, that is, we are talking about big plans.
As you may have heard, the metaverse still sounds like a nebulous concept and although it has become a popular buzzword, Epic has been one of the strongest proponents of the idea of a connected virtual world through platforms like Fortnite and its suite of game creation tools Unreal Engine.
In the meantime, Sonypreviously gave big virtual worlds a big boost when it acquired developer Bungieat the beginning of this year “This investment will accelerate our work to build the metaverse and create spaces where gamers can have fun with friends, brands can create creative and immersive experiences, and creators can build community and thrive.”said Tim SweneyCEO of Epicduring a statement.
So far, the metaverse remains mostly an idea in the minds of tech CEOs, though arguably Fortnite it continues to be the closest thing we currently have to that vision through virtual events such as concerts and a pop culture grab bag, because it is enough to remember the multiple events and concerts that it has carried out in collaboration with some artists and media, these links, that include all kinds of content, ranging from characters from Marvel and professional athletes, and even the late artist Jean Michel Basquiat.