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Victoria VR claims to be bringing a photo-realistic metaverse VR recreation to the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional by the top of June. Nevertheless…
Apple’s going to desire a minimize of all in-game transactions. Within the quick time period, the one method round this might be to launch within the EU, which has not too long ago pressured Apple to drop its ‘we get a 30% minimize of all app income’ rule. Downside is, the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional received’t be out there in Europe till the top of 2024)
We hope this shall be launched in June, however we’re not holding out breath.
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When our workforce author, Caite, mentioned she may get us all Tremendous Bowl tickets as a result of her “cousin works for the 49ers” — she was speaking a giant recreation.
(Seems he works the concession stand on the 76ers enviornment. Improper workforce, fallacious sport, fallacious job title).
When Victoria VR claims to be bringing a photo-realistic metaverse VR recreation to the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional by the top of June?
We really feel like we’re being promised Tremendous Bowl tickets once more.
(We actually hope we’re fallacious although).
The essential gist of the sport is that this:
‘Victoria’ is an island metropolis with a number of photo-realistic environments (suppose: suburbs, metropolis, woodlands, jungle, seashore — feels very GTA tbh).
It has its personal cryptocurrency (the ‘VR token’), which gamers can spend on in-game objects, leisure, and land.
There’s a variety of quests, challenges, and battles to discover.
Which sounds superior, when the competitors seems to be/looks like this. That mentioned…
Right here’s why we’re not getting our hopes up simply but (not less than for a mid-year launch):
Apple’s going to desire a minimize of all in-game transactions, which suggests needing to combine Apple Pay — which doesn’t assist crypto.
Within the quick time period, the one method round this might be to launch within the EU, which has not too long ago pressured Apple to drop its ‘we get a 30% minimize of all app income’ rule.
(Solely downside is, the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional received’t be out there in Europe till the top of 2024).
We’ve been burnt by guarantees of ‘groundbreaking graphics’ and ‘imminent releases’ by gaming studios previously, so we now have a strict “we’ll consider it after we see it” coverage.
Fingers/toes/eyes crossed this isn’t vaporware.
