TikTok reacts to Coca Cola launching metaverse-inspired soft drink Coca-ColaThe Coca-Cola Company has announced the world\u2019s first-ever soft drink to launch in the metaverse, sparking an overwhelming reaction from TikTok. Coca-Cola has released plans to unveil a gaming-inspired version of the classic soft drink that has been around for decades. In a release published by the company, Coca-Cola said that the drink would first be available in a metaverse-like world within Fortnite before dropping a very limited quantity of the physical version IRL. According to the company\u2019s Senior Director Of Global Strategy, Oana Vlad, The \u201ctaste [is] inspired by the playfulness of pixels, rooted in the experiences that gaming makes possible.\u201d In addition to the drink, Coca-Cola announced that there will be a scannable code on each can of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte, which will allow consumers to access a game that tells the story of BYTE. (Click here if TikTok fails to load) TikTok reacts to the metaverse-inspired soft drink In a video uploaded to TikTok by @tomsguide on April 5, 2022, the host of the tech series did a review of the drink, calling it \u201cwild.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s called coke BYTE\u2026 and apparently it tastes like pixels. I really don\u2019t know what pixels taste like,\u201d the show\u2019s host said. (Click here if TikTok fails to load) Fans of the popular soda brand are now reacting with mixed responses towards the product. \u201cIf it tasted as awful as the starlight, I\u2019m not buying it,\u201d one commenter said in reference to the company\u2019s failed \u201cstarlight\u201d drink. \u201cOk, but the starlight one was just watered down cola. What will this be? More carbonated? Sooooo cool,\u201d another joked. The drink\u2019s release comes just weeks after Pepsi teamed up with IHOP to release their limited edition maple syrup Pepsi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok reacts to Coca Cola launching metaverse-inspired soft drink Coca-ColaThe Coca-Cola Company has announced the world\u2019s first-ever soft drink to launch in the metaverse, sparking an overwhelming reaction from TikTok. Coca-Cola has released plans to unveil a gaming-inspired version of the classic soft drink that has been around for decades. In a release published by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}