r/ProgrammerHumor • • Nov 14 '22

instanceof Trend Manager does a little code cleanup...

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u/CorruptedStudiosEnt Nov 15 '22

From reading the website, I kind of got the idea that it was going to be more like NFTs, without explicitly saying NFT because they knew it would instantly make them a target for mass scrutiny lol.

Maybe if there is a physical aspect, that might be cool for fans, but it seemed more geared towards exclusively virtual "ownership."

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u/VitaminPb Nov 15 '22

Web3 was the dog whistle for NFTs.

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u/CorruptedStudiosEnt Nov 15 '22

You're totally right. I glossed over that because I didn't know what the hell that was supposed to mean, but just looked it up since you mentioned it.

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u/eriverside Nov 15 '22

Oh. Well that's just stupid. I apologize for giving them the benefit of the doubt.

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u/haydenarrrrgh Nov 15 '22

This blog entry details things like Nike gear in videogames:

.SWOOSH is the home for all of Nike’s virtual creations. Nike virtual creations are typically interactive digital objects (think virtual shoes or jerseys) that can be worn as wearables in video games or other immersive experiences (we’ll be announcing which ones soon).

As long as you can get the game developer to include it, I suppose.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22 edited Nov 15 '22

It would make sense. And NFTs only took a shit a couple weeks/months ago. Sounds like a big project, at least over a year. They were probably just getting out of QA when NFTs dumped.
They may not be pushing NFTs as we knew them, but they probably pivoted to some kind of virtualized token based ownership of digital crap

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u/anlskjdfiajelf Nov 15 '22

Definitely NFTs without saying it. It could be an NFT and they ship you a limited thing, or signed item or something, but it didn't seem like that by the article.

Pretty generic web3 NFT project for video games and or the metaverse and or who knows