Valentine’s Day is officially upon us, which means giant teddy bears, roses, and usually having to book a table at restaurant months in advance. But for the first time in history, couples don’t have to sift through their wardrobe for the perfect date outfit. You can instead experience a virtual, fully-immersive date night from your couch.
Yes, you read it right. The metaverse has allowed romantic interest to interact via virtual dates. Users can wear their underwear and each can see the other. There are many options for dates, from virtual rollercoaster rides to beaches in Barbados.
Since Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement in October that he was officially changing Facebook’s name to Meta, the metaverse, described as a “virtual online world where people can get together, work, communicate and play games from the comfort of their homes” has taken the world by storm. While the technology has been primarily associated with gaming it is also useful in the world of dating.
Metaverse dating
The metaverse isn’t just offering new opportunities for gamers. It’s also disrupting the world of dating. In December, Tinder jumped on the metaverse bandwagon, with CEO Renate Nyborg announcing that it was exploring how to “blur the boundaries between offline and online worlds”, in an interview at the Reuters Next conference. The company’s newly launched Explore feature is set to hold interactive events like “Swipe Nights”, allowing users to choose their own adventures and match with others based on their choices.
Metaverse dating offers singles a way to find love without leaving their home. For singles looking to find love online, it provides an important safety factor. As more reports arise about ransom cases arising from dating apps, as well as increasing recounts of drink spiking, people’s safety while dating is more important now than ever.
Charlotte
A company known for pioneering safety within the metaverse dating universe is pax.world. The platform is ready to deploy and offers advanced chat, audio, video, as well as chat features. Users can access avatars that look like real people using these chat features. Users in pax.world can eliminate catfishing by creating 3D avatars.
In terms of safety, pax.world has implemented a bot called Charlotte, a feature that was designed solely for users’ safety. In the instance that a user is feeling uncomfortable by another users’ presence or actions, they can alert Charlotte who will then send out a message informing the second user that they are being recorded. Once they have notified Charlotte, the bot will monitor their movements for potential safety concerns.
It’s not just about dating
Within pax.world’s performance-optimized virtual world, users can build and buy 3D assets using their very own token, $PAXW. This serves as a platform where users have the advantage to exchange items and services such as NFT’s, educational classes, events and more by providing the experience of virtual reality.
There are many immersive new experiences that can be had from the comfort of your own home with the introduction of the metaverse. Although many may not immediately associate dating with the metaverse, companies like pax.word and Tinder are taking full advantage of the burgeoning technology, disrupting the dating world by providing not only safer dating conditions, but also a borderless world where users can pursue whatever date night their partner desires—a perfect arrival just in time for Valentine’s Day.