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A government minister from Singapore opined that court cases and the legal procedure of marriages may be carried out one day through the Metaverse. On 20th July – while attending the TechLaw Fest 2022, Edwin Tong (the Second Minister for Law in Singapore) discussed that intimate incidents like marriage’s solemnization have occurred in the world of the Metaverse.
Singapore Minister Promotes the Use of the Metaverse for Legal Proceedings
He added that it is possible that, simultaneous to the marriage registration, the rest of the services provided by the government can shortly be available online through the Metaverse. While commenting on the topic of legal facilities to be provided via the Metaverse, he mentioned that there is nothing objectionable in doing this in the case of the legal services.
In the words of the minister, the pandemic has in advance brought to the front that dispute resolution (the procedure that was once done physically) can additionally be conducted almost completely online. Tong cited the instance that a legal dispute taking into account an accident occurring in a construction area could for example be seen in 3 aspects through just one virtual venue with the utilization of augmented reality (AR).
He elaborated that one can put himself into some actual oil containment or tunnel facility to observe the respective construction dispute via the eye of AR demonstrating the actual space. As per Tong this technology’s addition would not prevent the conventional offline hearings. In his opinion, a hybrid element will be offered in this way. He moved on to say that this type of integrated venue will provide more convenience in the entirety of the procedure of dispute resolution with efficiency and they will not lag behind the current progress of the world.
Earliest Blockchain-Based Marriage Occurs on Decentraland
Formerly this year, Decentraland – a Metaverse-based venue – conducted its initial wedding via its Metaverse where a virtual gathering of up to two thousand people, as well as Rose Law Group (a law firm), were present to carry out the marriage proceedings. Jordan Rose – the president and founder of the group asserts that it was the earliest marriage that took place on a blockchain-based Metaverse.
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