How Tim Sweeney’s “Verse” Might Transform Virtual World Development

The Next Generation of Programming Languages: Tim Sweeney’s Vision for a Functional Logic Transformation

In an extensive discussion with Lex Fridman, Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Epic Games, shared his bold vision for the future of programming languages, with a special emphasis on the creation of “verse,” a functional logic language intended to drive the metaverse.

Sweeney, whose company developed the Unreal Engine and blockbuster titles like Fortnite, is advocating for a transformative approach to programming languages. “A programming language should attain a high level of capability not by incorporating countless features, but by integrating a select few that work in harmony,” Sweeney remarked, referencing Niklaus Wirth, the inventor of Pascal.