Tamil Nadu couple holds wedding reception in Metaverse

Dinesh SP and Janaganandhini Ramaswamy got married on February 6 in Sivalingapuram, a small tribal village of Tamil Nadu. Friends and family from across the world were able to attend the wedding reception that followed as it took place in a virtual world.

A start-up called TardiVerse worked for a month to create the metaverse where the reception was hosted. Along with avatars of the guests and the bride and groom, an avatar of the bride's late father was also created.

The couple opted for a Hogwarts-themed reception since both are Harry Potter fans. Photos and videos from the metaverse wedding reception were shared online. One of the videos shows a musical concert that was conducted via metaverse from Chennai.

The wedding also included NFTs or non-fungible tokens. The NFT collection includes artwork featuring backgrounds and attires from the Harry Potter and cyberpunk era - in addition to the classic wedding attire featuring the bride, groom, and bride's late father.

Dinesh, who is a project associate with IIT Madras, said, “I came up with the idea of having a Metaverse wedding reception, and my fiancee also liked the idea. I have been into crypto and blockchain technology, and have been mining ethereum, a form of cryptocurrency, for the last one year. Since blockchain is the basic technology of Metaverse, when my wedding was fixed, I thought of having a reception in Metaverse.”