META CEO Mark Zuckerberg has big plans for the metaverse and thinks humans will spend most of their time there in the near future.

The tech billionaire is betting that the metaverse will increasingly play a large role in everyday life in the next decade, so The U.S. Sun has rounded up some examples of how it’s already encroaching on reality.

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This year, Zuckerberg told tech podcaster Lex Fridman: “A lot of people think that the metaverse is about a place, but one definition of this is it’s about a time when basically immersive digital worlds become the primary way that we live our lives and spend our time.”

He added: “I think that’s a reasonable construct.”

The metaverse already hosts lots of virtual versions of real-life events.

Unfortunately, some of these VR events are better than others.

Marriage in the metaverse

Dating in the metaverse is rising in popularity, and people can even get married in the virtual world.

In fact, a number of real-life couples have already tied the knot on metaverse platforms like Decentraland and Virbela.

One such ceremony, which made headlines around the world, was that of Dinesh Padmavathi and Janaganandhini Ramasamy.

According to Forbes, the Indian couple’s wedding involved personalized NFTs, a virtual musical performance, and a digital resurrection of the bride’s late father.

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