Starting to see VR founders count custom physics as a moat. The best physics will always be palpable to end-users and will probably bring them back more often... but does that elevate it to moat status?

For our team, we need to build early custom physics to nail feel/vibes. But long-term the moats are social, content pipeline and cross-platform interaction.

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Would be interesting to see a decentralized game where you could bring your own physics...

It’s a moat now given how early it is, but physics will likely come down to minimum market requirement at some point.

I’m referring to specific games and experience devs, not necessarily platform/engine companies.

But yes I would assume the physics that became standard across Unity/unreal was a key differentiator.

Assuming this was also the case for game engines years ago?

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Just experienced this today. Early users are almost universally commenting on the physics more than anything else. The custom work here is really the foundation and communicates a lot to early community.