INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As esports grows and creates opportunities for gamers to level up to the pro or streamer level, there is still a huge barrier in the way
There is not a wealth of training options for gamers
He wanted a way to grind out his mechanical aiming skills, and built out various scenarios across 10+ major titles to practice.The Meta
co-founders Duncan Haberly, Jay Brown, and Chris Olson had been working on their own training platform that focuses on guided trainings
around specific skills, with physics and gun mechanics identical to popular titles, to let gamers learn from their mistakes and train better
habits.After the two esports entrepreneurial teams met, they decided to join forces and offer what they believe to be the ultimate training
user-generated scenarios.For now, The Meta-guided training focuses on flicking (otherwise known as click timing), with plans to introduce
tracking and scoping skill branches soon
trainer.[gallery ids="1941505,1941506,1941507,1941508"]The Meta is available on Steam for PC players, with plans to launch for consoles in
the future.The flicking trainer has more than 40 sub-levels, with support for Overwatch and Fortnite
Fortnite, Quake, Call of Duty, Apex Legends, Paladins, CS:GO, Battlefield and Rainbow 6.The Meta is $9.99 as a single-time payment, and the
The gaming startup has raised $2.5 million in funding from investors like Village Global, Canaan Beta Fund, Courtside VC, AET Fund (Akatsuki
Entertainment Technology), betaworks and GFR Fund (GREE).There is movement in the esports space around training and improvement
In 2018, Epic Games introduced Playground Mode to allow players a chance to experience the Fortnite environment without dropping in
alongside 99 other gamers
PlayVS, the startup looking to take the esports infrastructure to the high school and college level, is investing heavily in data, reporting
stats and analysis to players, coaches, fans and recruiters
StateSpace, a direct competitor to The Meta with $4 million in funding, uses neuroscience to help gamers train, hoping to create a
revenue, and with that, we can only expect to see more startups dive into the space and stake their claim.
