To propose to the girl, the Australian reproduced her favorite childhood place in virtual reality
25-year-old Australian Alex Lackovich (Alex Lackovic) specially for his girlfriend Kelly Lynn Norman (Kelly Lynn Norman) created a virtual location in the form of her favorite place and proposed to her directly in virtual reality. This is the first such case in Australia.
The couple lives in Melbourne, Alex is a carpenter and Kelly is a social worker. Lovers liked to joke that their relationship is aimed at marriage, so they are already "virtually married." And when Alex decided to propose to the girl, he chose virtual reality.
Kelly loves stories about the walking dead, and Alex suggested that she kill virtual zombies in the Zombie Outbreak shooter over the weekend. Then he told the girl that this is how he makes himself a birthday present.
A month before the big day, Alex told the developers of the local VR company Zero Latency about his idea. Technical director Scott Vandonkelaar agreed to help him (although the guy thought that this was too large-scale work and he would be refused).
Technical Director of the VR company Scott Vandonkelaar
Alex's plan was vague, but then a company representative asked him about his girlfriend's favorite place. It turned out to be a tree in front of Kelly's grandmother's house in South Africa, where she grew up. The girl's parents and sisters live in Australia, but the rest of the relatives remained in Africa. Alex wanted Kelly to feel like she was among her loved ones at the time of the proposal.
Zero Latency employees needed several photos of this place and two weeks of work. Scott and Alex even rehearsed the moment of the proposal.
When the appointed day came, the couple came to the playground. In the middle of a dynamic game, the headset suddenly "rebooted", and Kelly found herself in her favorite place. Then Alex got down on one knee and proposed to his beloved: "We are already virtually married, why not make it a reality?"
Scott Vandonkelaar says that at that moment he was almost as nervous as Alex: what if Kelly doesn't recognize his grandmother's house in his team's development? When it became clear that the girl was delighted, he exhaled with relief. Of course she said yes. The wedding was scheduled for February 2018.
When the couple took off their helmets, it turned out that relatives and friends were watching them.
Kelly was so impressed with the virtual adventure that she couldn't even think that Alex was going to ask her to marry him.
Keywords: Australia | Virtual reality | Lovers | Couple | Proposal | Romance