The metaverse may be virtual, but the love is real.
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Dating site Dating.com is launching a virtual reality dating service. The company’s new app will let you meet potential matches as an avatar, or graphic, instead of a photo. To celebrate the occasion, Dating.com plans to host the weddings of three real-life couples who will tie the knot virtually in the metaverse. It’s an example of the growing appeal of dating apps in the VR space.
"Because you're chatting via text or voice in real time in virtual reality, you can get to know someone much faster than you would by messaging on a dating app," Don Heider, the executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, who studies online communities, told Lifewire in an email interview. "If there's a connection, people can get a lot more information about a person, their background, their likes, their dislikes, and so on, than they can through a series of messages on apps."
With the growing popularity of the metaverse concept, many dating websites are jumping into the virtual space. Planet Theta, for example, lets you wander through virtual reality planes and go on short dates with people you meet. There’s also Nevermet, which lets you meet and greet via avatars.
