Chris Laurentfounder of the popular digital horse racing game ZED RUN, imagine a future where people will spend their free time developing their own narratives within the Metaverse.
He thinks that this virtual world will contain a mix of games, entertainment and social experiences under an overall storyline:
“My perception of the metaverse is not just a gathering of people; it’s coming home from work and not turning on Netflix, but watching what’s happening to you and your friends in some kind of storyline that’s flexible.”
The ZED RUN founder spoke with Cointelegraph following the launch of his first metaverse platform, Human Park, on Monday. It features fully customizable user avatars and an aesthetically pleasing 3D world built on Epic Games’ Unreal engine.the same platform used in top game titles like Fortnite and Borderlands.
In an interview conducted on launch day, Laurent and his team at Virtually Human Studio (VHS Labs)including Human Park executive producer Steven Na and Specter Studios’ Rick Pearce, they noted that Human Park was different from other metaverse projects in that it focused on storytelling rather than just putting users into a 3D world to wander aimlessly.
“We’re storytellers at heart, so we’re here to empower gamers to tell their own stories. In this way, we believe we will transform the way people engage and express themselves on this new internet.” that we’re all building,” said Pearce, co-founder and creative director of Specter Studios.
Steven Na explained to Cointelegraph that they did not want to create a platform that would lock users into certain gaming experiences:
“We really want to empower users to tell their own story within the metaverse, so we don’t want to be pushy and say ‘hey, you’re going to play an RPG, and that’s the metaverse’, or ‘you’re going to play a game sandbox, and that’s the metaverse’”
Laurent added that the Metaverse will offer “many different types of gaming experiences, entertainment and social environments”.
“It will be very similar to what you would see if you watch something like Roblox or Minecraft or even Fortnite, where they are almost like a social platform,” he added..
“We’ve built @FreeHumanPark to become more than just a gaming experience but a platform for digital ownership to flourish…We are here to disrupt the space and bring something new to our community,” said @iamchrislaurentCEO of @V_H_Studio.https://t.co/5JquCzxwSV pic.twitter.com/VCV7gZrReq
— Virtually Human Studio (@V_H_Studio) June 14, 2022
“We’ve built @FreeHumanPark to be more than just a gaming experience, we’ve made it a platform for digital property to flourish… We’re here to disrupt the space and bring something new to our community,” said @iamchrislaurent , CEO of @V_H_Studio.https://t.co/5JquCzxwSV pic.twitter.com/VCV7gZrReq
When asked if the vision that companies like Meta and Microsoft have laid out for the MetaverseWhether VR-powered work meetings or entire businesses run from the virtual world will come to fruition, Laurent said he believes anything is possible at this stage:
“As far as experimentation goes, some of these larger entities are obviously doing this for a reason and we can’t ignore that, so our theory is that weird things are going to happen in space.”
Human Park’s release on Monday has been accompanied by its first themed release. Season Zero, a retro-cyberpunk world, will come with limited edition non-fungible token (NFT) releases. The game is free to accesswith optional game modes that can be accessed through user-owned NFT avatars and collectibles.
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