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In the article, we want to focus on an interesting concept called Metaverse dating! How can people arrange dates in Metaverse and how can these virtual dates affect people and their relationships? Let’s answer these questions together and consider the advantages and disadvantages of Metaverse dating.
As we emphasized in our previous articles, Metaverse has a significant impact on human beings’ lives in terms of socializing. At that point, we can consider relationships and dates as social concepts. With the socialization side of Metaverse, people can go on a date with their virtual avatars, and the circumstance is called Metaverse dating. In Metaverse dates, people can participate in romantic events with their partners virtually, and they can get the chance of communicating via their avatars. The concept is like physical dating in the real world! Now, we want to go deep into the advantages and disadvantages of Metaverse dating.
Advantages of Metaverse Dating
Weird and Amazing Dating Activities
In the real world, we are organizing fancy dinners or going to the cinema to create a beautiful date. However, these ‘real life’ dating activities and events can be boring after a while, so Metaverse dating has a big power to compete with these boring dating plans!
In Metaverse, you can go on a date in various locations, and some of the locations can be very weird. For example, you and your partner can go to the Moon for a dinner, or you can play with unicorns in a forest for creating your best dating experience! With Metaverse dating, you can make your first dates better and encounter creative circumstances, so you can easily surprise your partner.
Secure Dates
On physical dates, some bad situations can occur. For example, people can break their hearts because of their physical appearance, or there can be more important and dangerous situations, like kidnapping. On the other hand, Metaverse dating does not allow these bad situations and make going on a date simple but full of fun.
Metaverse dating is a virtual date, so it cannot affect people’s mental health and concrete health critically like in the real life. Hence, there is a safer environment in Metaverse than in the real world in terms of dating. If you do not want to hang with someone in Metaverse, you can simply click a button and leave the date.
Dating Without Boundaries
While physical dates are arranged, people can think about various things, like clothing, traveling, and so on. For instance, they can say ‘’I have nothing to wear, how can I go on the date?’’, or they can encounter expensive plane and bus tickets. Metaverse dating does not consider these situations and makes romantic people happy!
In Metaverse dating, people do not have to buy expensive traveling tickets for going to their partners and consider clothing. They can buy fancy virtual dresses for their avatars for getting ready for their virtual dates in minutes, and they can travel wherever they want with their partners virtually. People’s creativity and interaction increase with the feature of the non-boundary Metaverse dating concept!
Disadvantages of Metaverse Dating
Catfishing
In the real world, catfishing is a common tactic for getting money with dates. Some people create fake profiles and trick others with these profiles, and then, they get some money from the people. Also, people can encounter different people; in other words, some people use fake photos on their social media accounts and indicate themselves in a different way from reality. A similar situation exists in Metaverse.
In Metaverse dating, some human beings can make themselves perfect with their virtual accessories and dresses, but the reality is not like that. Hence, every Metaverse user must consider the possibility of catfishing in Metaverse dating, and they must conduct research into a Metaverse user before sending money or digital asset.
Unbelievable Beauty Standards
In the real world, there are some beauty standards, like having blue eyes and being tall. Like in the real world, Metaverse can create beauty standards, and these standards can be more frightening than real-life’s standards.
Avatars in Metaverse can support beauty standards, so people can be damaged abstractly or concretely due to this situation. Also, the situation can cause an increase in the number of plastic surgery procedures. Moreover, people’s self-esteem and self-love can decrease, so we can say that Metaverse dating can injure people both physically and psychologically by imposing unbelievable beauty standards.
Conclusion
Metaverse dating can be a helpful concept for people who do not have enough money to travel for dating, but the concept also has some disadvantages. Therefore, every person must think about the negative impacts of Metaverse dating before going on a date in the virtual world.
