{"id":5278,"date":"2022-09-21T03:49:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T03:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:21:18","slug":"sandbox-hosts-its-first-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/sandbox-hosts-its-first-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandbox Hosts Its First Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The decentralized, blockchain-based metaverse, The Sandbox, hosted its first-ever hybrid digital and real-life wedding.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singaporean couple Joanne Tham and Clarence Chan, CEO of the music company Bandwagon, celebrated their marriage with a &#8220;70s disco glam&#8221; theme on September 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event took place in a digital replica of Singapore&#8217;s renowned Alkaff Mansion within <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/the-sandbox-news-and-content\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"61\">The Sandbox<\/a><\/em><\/strong> metaverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the couple was physically present at a real-world hotel venue with some guests, their digital counterparts in the form of avatars were simultaneously present in the Sandbox metaverse, viewable by remote attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sandbox-Hosts-Its-First-Wedding.webp\" alt=\"Sandbox Hosts Its First Wedding\" class=\"wp-image-11536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sandbox-Hosts-Its-First-Wedding.webp 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sandbox-Hosts-Its-First-Wedding-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sandbox-Hosts-Its-First-Wedding-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sandbox-Hosts-Its-First-Wedding-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sandbox-Hosts-Its-First-Wedding-96x96.webp 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was facilitated by Sebastien Borget, co-founder and chief operating officer of The Sandbox, who appeared as a digital avatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following their first virtual kiss as a married couple, the couple left the Metaverse to continue their celebrations in the offline world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wedding was a collaborative effort involving 1.Group, Smobler Studios, and The Sandbox. The web3 design agency, Smobler Studios, played a key role in recreating the Alkaff Mansion and its distinctive architecture within The Sandbox. 1.Group is responsible for managing the actual Alkaff Mansion in the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those interested in viewing this event in greater detail within the Sandbox universe, they can visit the YouTube page of Smobler Studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There, viewers can witness how this joyous occasion unfolded. Such events are increasingly becoming indicators of the Metaverse&#8217;s growing value and potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You may also like this content<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decentralized, blockchain-based metaverse, The Sandbox, hosted its first-ever hybrid digital and real-life wedding. Singaporean couple Joanne Tham and Clarence Chan, CEO of the music company Bandwagon, celebrated their marriage with a &#8220;70s disco glam&#8221; theme on September 17. The event took place in a digital replica of Singapore&#8217;s renowned Alkaff Mansion within The Sandbox &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAown96uCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[318,61],"class_list":["post-5278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metaverse1","tag-metaverse-news","tag-the-sandbox-news-and-content"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}