A virtual wedding reception does not sounds so shocking after living in covid lockdowns. But the wedding reception organised by this Tamil Nadu couple will dumbfound your minds. A virtual reception in the Metaverse!
As astonishing as it sounds, this will be the first ever wedding reception held on Metaverse in India.
And the excitement in not limited till this virtual concept but there is more flavour to their reception. The couple has decided to hold their virtual reception at Hogwarts( the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry) in the Harry Potter series. For all potterheads this will be a feast to watch.
The unique couple Dinesh SP and Janaganandhini Ramaswamy will get married in their village, Sivalingapuram, but has decided to host a digital reception at a virtual venue where they will be joined by their friends and family logging in from all over the world. The reception will take place in the dining room of Hogwarts castle.
People will log in through a website and select their avatar. Avatars of the couple, their family members and friends have been already designed. There will be a video streaming too of the couple and the guests can talk to one another.
The Harry Potter theme was mutually decided by the couple as Janaganandhini is a Potterhead.
Talking in an interview Dinesh said that he came up with the idea of virtual reception to present it as a gift to Janaganandhini. He further explained the reason, Janaganandhini’s father passed away in last year April and he planned to bring him in virtually and make him a part of the event to surprise her.
Talking about Metaverse , it is a massively scaled and interoperable network of real-time rendered 3D virtual worlds which can be experienced synchronously and persistently by an effectively unlimited number of users with an individual sense of presence, and with continuity of data, such as identity, history, entitlements, objects, communications, and payments.
The first ever virtual wedding in this world was held in September last year for a Florida couple Traci and Dave Gagnon. They created their avatars based on personal photos and the clothes they wore to their in-person ceremony.