1. The Virtual-Reality Chapels
White Webb
Matthew White and Frank Webb, co-founders and co-principals
White and Webb would turn a large, historic room at 141 Worth Street into a Sears photo studio of sorts. When their turn comes, the couple and their entourage are led from the main lobby into a sleek, white, round hall that accesses identical “Ceremony Rooms,” where the justices of the peace are stationed. These intimate chapels, constructed of pure white glass, are customized with computer imagery preselected online by the couple. At the touch of a button, 360 degrees of scenery is projected on the walls. The couple can get married on a blanket of clouds, in Times Square, on the moon, in the Serengeti, or, most peculiarly, inside a bouquet of red roses.