Fortnite’s Metaverse: While Facebook (now Meta) and other tech heavyweights fight over who will develop and dominate the metaverse—the supposedly futuristic virtual world in which we’ll all hang out and spend all of our time—Fortnite is way ahead of the competition.
Some people even claim, “The metaverse is already here… and it’s called Fortnite.”
Fortnite’s “Metaverse”
Fortnite boasts a fantastic virtual hangout environment with a video game going on around it that’s more accessible than anything that requires a VR headset, such as Meta’s Horizon Worlds. It’s completely free and available on every gaming device and phone in the world.
Fortnite began as a game about building barricades to withstand swarms of enemies. Since adding a battle royale mode (in which 100 players drop onto an area and fight until only one remains) in 2017, the game has become a smash hit.
Without much fanfare, Epic Games began building virtual spaces in the gameplay for their playe
