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Indian Couple Tie their Knot in the Metaverse, Offering 3D Experience for 500 Guests

To ensure that family and friends across the globe attended their big day, amid geographical constraints and safety measures under the COVID-19 pandemic, an Indian couple decided to have the first wedding of its kind in the metaverse, according to Business Insider.

Abhijeet Goel and Sansrati said “I do” on a scenic beachside venue hosted on Yug Metaverse with the wedding being executed and conceptualized by media agencies Matrimony.com and Wavemaker India.

The metaverse wedding coincided with the physical event happening in Bhopal, India last Saturday.

Per the announcement:

“Abhijeet and Sansrati created a scenic beachside wedding environment which could be accessed via Yug platform. The wedding had more than 500 registrations for the wedding. Users could change their avatars, walk through the event and enjoy the dancing floor too.”

Therefore, guests witnessed the union through their digital avatars.

Shashank, a member of the Yug platform, gave the 3D metaverse wedding a thumbs up and said:

“Metaverses like Yug are a logical evolution of the current 2D Internet to an Immersive 3D experience akin to the real world. Yug is an open platform where people can create their own experiences like marriages, virtual events, exhibitions, friends hangout, business meetings, and conferences or enjoy experiences created by others.”

He added that the platform could transform various fields like entertainment, commerce, business, and education through decentralization. 

The metaverse is continuing to become mainstream in the modern era because it entails shared virtual worlds where avatars, buildings, land, and even names can be bought and sold, often using cryptocurrencies.

It seems the sky’s the limit for the metaverse because it is anticipated that 25% of people will utilize at least one hour daily in this virtual world working and shopping, among others, by 2026, according to research and consulting company Gartner. 

Furthermore, William Quigley, the co-founder of the stable coin Tether (USDT), believes that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will be the revenue model of the metaverse. 

Crypto Investors Looks More Attractive and Desirable on Dating Apps, Survey Shows

Crypto investors could be more attractive or competitive package in the dating market, a study shows.

Investors who have crypto portfolios are seen as more attractive, more desirable, and more intelligent at 50%, 46%, and 42%, respectively, on dating apps, according to a survey by digital asset platform CryptoVantage. 

Per the study:

“We found that nearly half of people surveyed deem them to be more attractive than non-investors, and many also shared that opinion regarding investors’ desirability, intellect, and wealth.”

The report added:

“More than three-quarters of respondents would swipe right on someone who mentions being a crypto investor in their dating app, and 55% said they are more likely to go on a date or meet up with someone who invests in crypto.”

Source: CryptoVantage

The CryptoVantage survey interviewed 1,002 Americans and found out that crypto equalled cuteness. The study pointed out:

“Who knew that curating a digital wallet made you more desirable? Your involvement in cryptocurrency might be the difference between landing that second date or not.”

Bitcoin (BTC) emerged as the most influential cryptocurrency to boost someone’s attractiveness in dating apps. The study also noted that about 76% of respondents acknowledged they would swipe right if a person’s dating profile mentioned they were a crypto investor.

CryptoVantage stated:

“74% of women said they would be likely to go on a second date with someone who paid for the first date in crypto.”

Despite the top perceptions about people using NFTs as their Twitter profile pictures being cool and powerful, the survey noted that caution was necessitated on dating apps. Per the report:

“According to respondents, “cool,” “powerful,” and “wealthy” are the top three adjectives to describe people with an NFT in their Twitter profile picture. But users may want to think twice depending on whom they prefer to attract: Nearly 1 in 3 men thought NFT profile pictures were ‘cringe.’”

Furthermore, females were nearly twice as likely to unfollow someone with an NFT profile picture than males.

Meanwhile, since dating is a battleground filled with infidelity and deception, blockchain technology is deemed a game-changer that would enhance trust. 

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