Epic and Lego Join Hands to Develop a Metaverse for Kids; Check out the Details Here!

Banking on themetaversehype in the coming years, tech companies aredeveloping interactive, virtual worldsfor users. We recently sawKrafton partner with Naver Zto develop its NFT Metaverse platform, which will presumably host itsown blockchain-based games. Now, Epic Games, the developers behind the uber-popular BR title Fortnite, has joined hands with The Lego Group to develop“an immersive, creatively inspiring and engaging digital experience for kids of all ages to enjoy together.”Take a look at the details below.

Epic Games and Lego Group to Build a Metaverse for Kids

Epic Games recently sharedan official blog poston its forum to announce the long-term partnership with the Lego Group. Although the company did not provide much detail about its metaverse project, it shared both companies’ vision ofa family-friendly digital space for kidsthat will“empower them to become confident creators and deliver amazing play opportunities”while being in a positive and safe virtual environment.

As per the blog post, both Epic Games and the Lego Groupwill combine their existing technologies to create an interactive virtual world for kids of all ages. Epic already has its popular battle royale title Fortnite that, over the years, went on to become a virtual space for teens and adults to hang out,watch live concerts, and enjoy severalpop-culture crossovers.

The Lego Group is also anexperienced player in the toy industrythat has deliveredunique physical toysas well as digital experiences to customers for many years. Hence, we expect the companies to come up with an interesting solution for a kid-friendly metaverse platform.

Furthermore,both companies have agreed upon three key principlesbefore developing the virtual world. These principles“will ensure the digital spaces they develop deliver engaging play opportunities safely”, and they include the following:

With this initiative, Epic and Lego will compete with the popular online platform Roblox, which also offers a similar virtual world where kids can hang out andplay mini-games. However, with Epic and Lego’s experience, we can expectan improved virtual platformthan the existing ones in the market.

As for the release timeline of the Epic-Lego metaverse, details about it are currently under wraps. So yeah, stay tuned for further updates on the same, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Dwaipayan Sengupta

A geek at heart, you’ll find me fidgeting with an iOS device or sitting in front of the laptop, scouring the internet to find interesting technological innovations. In my free time, you’d find me playing Valorant or listening to Pink Floyd.

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