Apple’s First VR Web3 Game

TL;DR

• Victoria VR claims to be bringing a photo-realistic metaverse VR recreation to the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional by the tip of June. Nonetheless…

• Apple’s going to desire a reduce of all in-game transactions. Within the quick time period, the one means round this might be to launch within the EU, which has not too long ago compelled Apple to drop its ‘we get a 30% reduce of all app income’ rule. Drawback is, the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional gained’t be obtainable in Europe till the tip of 2024)

• We hope this will probably be launched in June, however we’re not holding out breath.

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When our crew author, Caite, mentioned she may get us all Tremendous Bowl tickets as a result of her “cousin works for the 49ers” — she was speaking an enormous recreation.

(Seems he works the concession stand on the 76ers enviornment. Mistaken crew, flawed sport, flawed job title).

When Victoria VR claims to be bringing a photo-realistic metaverse VR recreation to the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional by the tip of June?

We really feel like we’re being promised Tremendous Bowl tickets once more.

(We actually hope we’re flawed although).

The fundamental gist of the sport is that this:

• ‘Victoria’ is an island metropolis with a number of photo-realistic environments (assume: suburbs, metropolis, woodlands, jungle, seashore — feels very GTA tbh).

• It has its personal cryptocurrency (the ‘VR token’), which gamers can spend on in-game gadgets, leisure, and land.

• There’s a variety of quests, challenges, and battles to discover.

Which sounds superior, when the competitors looks/feels like this. That mentioned…

Right here’s why we’re not getting our hopes up simply but (at the least for a mid-year launch):

1. Apple’s going to desire a reduce of all in-game transactions, which suggests needing to combine Apple Pay — which doesn’t assist crypto.

   Within the quick time period, the one means round this might be to launch within the EU, which has not too long ago compelled Apple to drop its ‘we get a 30% reduce of all app income’ rule.

   (Solely downside is, the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional gained’t be obtainable in Europe till the tip of 2024).

2. We’ve been burnt by guarantees of ‘groundbreaking graphics’ and ‘imminent releases’ by gaming studios previously, so now we have a strict “we’ll consider it once we see it” coverage.

Fingers/toes/eyes crossed this isn’t vaporware.