When people ask me how popular weddings will be in metaverses, I always say that it only takes a few arguments to prove that in the future it will be the same norm as classic weddings in the real world.
The first and most important argument for me is that this type of marriage registration can be not only fashionable, but simply the only possible one. In the early 2000s, we sat in chat rooms at night and communicated with people from different parts of Russia and the world. The first time I got married was through an online marriage site. We and a girl with the nickname @Stylis were given an online certificate, declaring us husband and wife. I only knew about her what she said, and her appearance was demonstrated by her avatar photo. By the way, I never divorced her. In fact, it was an online ceremony on the Internet WEB 2.0.
Time passes and people may have different reasons for getting married online. He may work on a contract in another part of the world, and she may not be able to move to him. This is where a beautiful ceremony in the Meta universe can come to the rescue. Many couples are still denied the right to marry because of their relationship. These include interracial, intercaste, interfaith and same-sex couples.
As a rule, bold brands like to find new territories. In the CityHallofLove project by Closeup and Unulever, couples can create their own NFT marriage certificate and immortalize their love on the blockchain forever.
What are the benefits of getting married in the Metaverse? If you really want to do something unusual, then here you can let your imagination fly and bring any concept to life. A wedding on Mars or a Hogwarts themed reception. Any customization that is difficult to obtain in physical form. At the same time, you don’t need millions of dollars to build a ceremony in the castle of your dreams. It's hard to imagine that in the real world the groom could fly on a dragon.
Even your oath can be recorded on the blockchain in the form of a digital image on the OpenSea platform. Below is a real example of such an NFT of the Oath:
This contract is between Shruti Sathyan Nair born on 17 March 1988 and Anil Mohan Narasipuram born on 11 October 1986. The parties to this agreement are hereby declared to be husband and wife on November 15, 2021, and shall stand, in sickness and in health, now and forever.”
Another couple, Candice Hurley and Ryan Hurley, got married in the metaverse in February 2022 on the Decentraland platform. Explaining why they had a metaverse wedding after 14 years of marriage, Ryan says: “I'm always fascinated by new and exciting things and have kept up with new technologies related to blockchain. I suggested to my wife an interesting way to renew our existing vows and extend our marriage into a multiverse that would last forever.”
Their avatars and thousands of participants gathered at a hotel in Decentraland. The ceremony for avatars was performed by Clint Bolick, a judge of the Arizona Supreme Court.
Such a ceremony allows you to gather loved ones from all over the world without any restrictions. Guests at your wedding can receive NFT gifts. This could, for example, be 10,000 of your wedding photos posted on the exchange.
And who knows, maybe tomorrow the collection from your META wedding will cost millions of dollars?