"My big huge digital wedding: Couple plans India's first metaverse marriage," according to one of CNN's pieces published at the end of January.
"Couples wedded as avatars in digital weddings — with the bride's late father as a guest," according to a New York Post piece published yesterday. "Is this the same wedding that I read about before?" I wondered.
When the answer was affirmative, I was instantly enthralled with the subject. Everything you need to know about this "epic first metaverse marriage" is right here.
"A tangible, genuine sort of reception is not feasible with the vast amount of people going because of the epidemic," said Dinesh Padmavathi (groom), "so we decided: let's build it in the metaverse."
In the middle of the epidemic, this tech-obsessed couple from Tamil Nadu, India, chose to tie the knot uniquely. Unfortunately, an epidemic became the definitive cause of attending a metaverse wedding.
Dinesh Sivakumar Padmavathi (groom), 25, and Janaka Nandhini Ramaswamy (bride), 24, recently married and celebrated the metaverse that drew over 6,000 people from all around the globe.
A Month of Back-End Preparation
The official wedding ceremony was conducted in Ramaswamy's (bride) village in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district, roughly 170 miles from Chennai, in front of close friends and family.
The couple then went online to attend their celebration, which cost 150,000 Indian rupees ($2,000) to design, create, and host. The newlyweds digitally addressed their guests during the one-hour event, which allowed them to tour the castle and modify their avatars' look and wardrobe.
Because they are both Potterheads, their wedding celebration was themed around Hogwarts, and other Harry Potter features. (Omg! This is so lovely, enjoyable, and nostalgic!!!)
To make this happen, they collaborated with a company called TardiVerse. Huge props to Dinesh (groom) for his creative work and Vignesh Selvaraj (CEO, TardiVerse) and his crew for their technical efforts.
"I've been into crypto and blockchain technology, and because blockchain was the metaverse's underlying technology when my wedding was set, I thought of celebrating the metaverse," said Dinesh, a 25-year-old groom.
Also noteworthy about the February 6th wedding was the presence of the bride's late father as a guest of honor.
"My father-in-law died away in April," Dinesh said, "so I'm making a 3D avatar that looks like him, and I'm hoping he'll bless my fiancée and me." That's something only the metaverse allows us to accomplish."
It took a lot of creativity from them to make this fusion of history and technology feasible. Reading about this astounded me, as did the notion that something as traditional as Indian weddings had found a home in the metaverse. We are, without a doubt, in the middle of a revolution in how we engage with technology and connect with the rest of the world.
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