Couple takes marriage to the next level by holding wedding ceremony on the Metaverse, the first phygital wedding in Singapore

Smobler Studios and The Sandbox are taking virtual reality to the next level by utilising the metaverse not simply for gaming, but for a holy matrimony.

The first ever phygital metaverse wedding in Singapore was held in real life as well as a collective virtual shared space, including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality and the Internet.

What may not be possible or traditionally accepted in real Asian life for a wedding in Singapore can now be made possible in the metaverse. This is how groom Clarence Chan, CEO of Bandwagon, and bride Joanne Tham held their 70s disco glam wedding on 17 September at “The Alkaff Mansion” in the metaverse.

A Heritage Wedding Space Gets Featured In the Metaverse

Adorned with a gazebo and European-style fountains with welcoming outdoor spaces, 1-Group’s The Alkaff Mansion has played host to some of Singapore’s most quintessential garden weddings over the past decades. Endowed with a broad balustrade stairway, verdant canopies and expansive porches, The Alkaff Mansion makes a spectacular wedding venue – now in the metaverse too.

For this wedding, metaverse architecture and Web3 design agency, Smobler Studios, made assets through The Sandbox recreating The Alkaff Mansion and its distinctive architecture.

Guests of the couple’s physical wedding at a hotel had a fancy virtual world to live vicariously through, watching on screen 70s themed avatars custom-created to the voxel likeness of Sebastien Borget, The Sandbox Co-founder and COO, and the couple.

The couple’s avatars, customised to their personalities and wedding outfits, were solemnised through Sebastien’s avatar. Marking the big occasion, they shared their first kiss in the metaverse as a married couple. Following that romantic moment, the couple made their virtual exit, leaving their guests to continue enjoying the rest of the wedding in real life.

The Future of Digital Wedding

A digital wedding is so customisable it can be shaped as far as one’s imagination takes them. Couples can let their fantastical dreams come true across the globe, all without the costs and limitations of a physical wedding in a post-pandemic world.

Following this exciting wedding, 1-Group will continue to partner with Smobler Studios to use phygital and metaverse technology for weddings, events or functions. This will be the start of a revolutionary phase in events pivoting to the metaverse or co-existing as phygital.