Sigmund Freud in Decentraland wins trip to Vienna

The Vienna Tourist Board, the Austrian capital’s tourist board, has succeeded in introducing the new avatar of Sigmund Freud into the Decentraland metaverse. 

“‘Get me out, Freud!’ The Vienna Tourist Board sends a Freud avatar to the metaverse, where it encourages people to take a break from the virtual world. Anyone who gets in touch with Freud has the chance to win a trip to the real world in Vienna.”
The project has been created in collaboration with agency Jung von Matt Donau and the Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna and will see Freud appear on Decentraland’s Genesis Plaza virtual platform, every Monday and Friday from 5pm to 7pm BST (1-3pm ET) until 29 April.

Users can chat with the avatar of the founder of psychoanalysis to gain entry into a competition for a chance to win one of 10 free trips to Vienna or one of 100 free admissions to the Sigmund Freud Museum. 
People can also register on the campaign website to chat with Freud. 

Vienna Tourist Board’s marketing strategies now travel in the metaverse
According to reports, Norbert Kettner, the director of the Vienna Tourist Board issued a press release stating the following: 
“The stunt is designed to allow us all to take a breather, if you will, that this generation of hype-seekers and Instagram travellers is lacking. We want to bring real, physical enjoyment back. Connecting to a place through real travel experiences is an important path towards that, even if we are soliciting the help of a virtual platform.”

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