RE:INVENT Amazon Web Services has decided to stream all five keynotes from its re:Invent conference in the hit multiplayer game Fortnite, which is more than a little bit bonkers.
Readers of a certain age might suggest that opinion proves The Register has become a proverbial old man shouting at a (hyperscale) cloud.
We dismiss such criticism on grounds that AWS will show its conference keynotes in Fortnite in two settings.
One is in a virtual lounge within Fortnite, and we have no objection to that.
The other way to watch in Fortnite is “while driving on a Las Vegas themed racetrack that features the live keynotes playing on billboards throughout the track.”
AWS shared the image below to illustrate the experience.
AWS re:Invent Keynote Racer” island - Click to enlarge
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