What About An Online Wedding
Content of the article The idea of living in the virtual world has been around for a long time. For instance, take Minecraft - players can build houses or even entire villages.
Article content But what do you think about having a virtual wedding?
A couple was married in the metaverse, and others are expressing displeasure about the design.
Yes, there were many who were using Zoom to attend weddings during COVID-19. But what about having the entire wedding take place in the metaverse, a fully immersive virtual world, with each guest being an avatar? Worst lies turns out that it is already possible.
The reaction on the internet has been mixed, with some people being enthralled by the idea and others scoffing or pointing out similar events have been taking place for years on other platforms, but with more impressive graphics.
It's hard to think of anything worse than anything I'd like to do other than watch cartoons of people in conference calls. Call it what you will.
Article content Traci and Dave Gagnon had their wedding in the metaverse during the labour day weekend, The New York Times reported. The couple had an in-person ceremony at an New Hampshire golf club, but they also had one in the virtual world for their family and friends. Instead of a video call the couple decided to have the whole thing be broadcast in a virtual world with photos from the actual wedding broadcast being re-played in the virtual space.
Jezebel quickly reacted to this story, declaring in the headline: "The Metaverse may be the most awful thing that ever happens to weddings." The article also pointed out that this trend can make it difficult to respectfully turn down an invitation to a wedding.
Many Twitter users disagree with this article's content.
One user wrote, "This was happening 20 years ago, so why is this so unique now?"
Others claimed that graphics in games such as Second Life and World of Warcraft were more appealing fifteen years ago.
"Really difficult to think of anything better than anything I'd like to do other than look at cartoons of people on conference calls," another Twitter user wrote. "Call it whatever you want."
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Some were enthralled by the idea. "A new kind of wedding!" Could you have ever imagined such a wedding before? One person wrote that the possibilities are endless. Another person pondered the possibility of a metaverse wedding right in the Eiffel Tower.
Article content The Gagnons stated that their wedding could take place in the metaverse so that people could attend even if they couldn't physically. Traci's sick maid of honour was in a position to walk her down the aisle, and Dave's friend who was unable attend due to his wife's pre-existing health conditions, could deliver his toast.
The metaverse that hosted the wedding was made by Virbela which is a company that, according to its website, "builds immersive 3D worlds for learning, work and virtual events." With the Virbela platform there is no VR headset is required and it works with virtually every computer.
Gamers were not impressed with the outcome.
"Graphically, Metaverse looks about the similar to a PlayStation 1" says an article on dexerto.com. It is a gaming news site.
this is from my friends' wedding in Final Fantasy XIV and look how much nicer it looks than whatever this is lmao pic.twitter.com/D0CxweAmoW
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Article content Many Twitter users shared photos of weddings that were held years ago in the multiplayer online game Final Fantasy XIV. One user wrote "Look at how beautiful it appears."
For the Gagnons, having their wedding in the metaverse made sense, as their avatars met before they had met in person. According to The New York Times interview the couple met at a Las Vegas company event when they both worked for eXp Realty. This company is expanding into virtual work and into the metaverse.
Man, I went to an event in FF14 two weeks ago and it looked better than this pic.twitter.
It's cool, check out this wedding I attended in FFXIV. There's a frog in it pic.twitter.
I love the fact that the majority of these responses are about weddings on xiv. They're so cute pic.twitter.
