Singapore’s Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong argued even highly personalized, intimate events such as the solemnization of marriages have taken place online in the Metaverse. Legal marriage proceedings, court case disputes and government services may one day be offered on the Metaverse, as per the Singaporean government minister.
On the subject of legal services in the Metaverse, the Minister added that there is “no reason why the same cannot be done for legal services. Tong gave the example that a legal dispute involving an accident on a construction site for example could be viewed in three dimensions via a “single virtual platform” using augmented reality technology.
Earlier this year, metaverse platform Decentraland hosted its first wedding on its Metaverse with a virtual crowd of 2,000 guests and law firm Rose Law Group to legally formalize the marriage. The group’s founder and president, Jordan Rose, claims it was the first-ever wedding hosted on any blockchain-based Metaverse.
Meanwhile, South Korea’s government has already been taking steps toward the Metaverse after setting aside $177 million to develop a platform for citizens to access various government services.
