Argentinian designer Andrés Reisinger has sold ten pieces of virtual furniture in an online auction, with the most expensive non-existent item fetching $67,777.
Reisinger, who rose to prominence on Instagram for his renderings of surreal furniture pieces, sold the items in an online auction under the title The Shipping.
Each of the virtual items can be placed in any shared 3D virtual space or "metaverse", including open worlds such as Decentraland and Somnium Space and Minecraft.
Top image: one of Reisinger's most famous designs is the viral Hortensia chair. Above: the Deep Space sofa exists only digitally
Alternatively, the 3D models can be used in virtual- and augmented-reality applications as well as development platforms such as Unity and Unreal Engine to create games, animations and CGI movies. The virtual furniture, which went under the hammer via online marketplace Nifty Gateway, sold in less than 10 minutes for a total of more than $450,000. A custom piece that Reisinger has promised to design in collaboration with the buyer fetched the highest price at $67,777.
The virtual Pink Table was sold for $5,000
"It is a very ambitious project," Reisinger told Dezeen. "I am the first to do it and I hope that it opens the doors to many other artists and designers. This is a new way, a complementary way to continue growing our careers and businesses."
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