Australian Open Becomes First Tournament to Take Place in Metaverse

Metaverse, one of the most popular topics of today, aims to bring our virtual and real worlds together in the future. Today Platforms like The Sandbox and Decentraland, with virtual reality platforms that are not yet reflected in our real life, they give you a taste of the metaverse experience. In fact, with the popularization of the metaverse, these platforms started to deal with big names.

Decentraland, one of the most popular 3D virtual reality platforms, has recently By agreement with Samsung It had begun to house Samsung’s iconic store. Today, there has been another important development about Decentraland. The first of four world Grand Slam tennis tournaments. The Australian Open will also take place in Decentraland.

What will the Australian Open offer on Metaverse?

Tennis Australia, Australia’s tennis sport governing body, has partnered with Decentraland and set out to host the first official Grand Slam tournament in the metaverse. Under this partnership Melbourne where the tournament was held parts of the parkVirtually rebuilt on Decentraland.

In the first tennis tournament to enter the Metaverse, players will not be playing tennis. Instead of the Australian Open they will be able to watch live from the assembly areawill be able to access the archive of tennis matches dating back to the 1970s. Also Mark Philippoussis and the as yet undisclosed They will also be able to meet with real tennis players..

In addition, of course, NFTs will be a part of this partnership, as with most things that enter the metaverse. The Australian Open announced that it has signed with NFT platform Sweet and 6 NFT collections representing the tournament held in the last 5 years announced that it will be published.