Ever combined the Web, real life™, Second Life, World of Warcraft, Google Earth, Nintendo, Facebook, Moore's Law and the unfolding human experience into a single thought (which, perhaps, you then Twittered over your iPhone)? Working on an art or web or game or virtual world project? Have an avatar? Are an avatar? Think video games can save the world or that the world is already a video game? (Or think that's the worst thing you've ever heard?) Does Snow Crash ring any bells even if you're way too cool to find it fascinating in public?

Fans of history and the future who are interested in the march of the web into the world and the world into the web unite! Meeting for dinner, drinks, talks, networking, workshopping, fun, scheming, and events. For people actively working on, researching, or interested in creative, mixed-reality, augmented reality, lifelogging/streaming, social web, video game, virtual world, mapping, simulation, or 3D projects.

Metaverse Meetup was originally founded in 2006 by futurist Jerry Paffendorf in NYC.

If you are interested in sharing your metaverse-related project at one of our future meetups, please contact the MM Chapter Organizer for your city group. If you would like to make announcements or have discussions pertinent to Metaverse Meetup, you are welcome to join and post to our forum. Spammers will be banned.

The inaugural founding chapter of Metaverse Meetup is based in NYC but we endorse global franchises of Metaverse Meetup. Go forth, proliferate and propagate! If you would like to learn more about launching a chapter of Metaverse Meetup in your city, please contact metaversemeetup [at] gmail.com

TOPICS: virtual worlds, video games, multiplayer online gaming, serious games, virtual goods, mirror worlds, virtual reality, augmented reality, alternate reality games, ARG, MMORPG, MMO, Second Life, World of Warcraft, Google Earth, SL, Sony PlayStation Home, PS3 Home beta, Xbox Live, Nintendo Wii Miis, LittleBigPlanet, OpenSim, Unity3D, Just Leap In, There, Habbo, Gaia Online, Sims, Spore, machinima, avatars, 3-D, etc

Metaverse resources:
Metaverse Roadmap Overview foresight and research report
Interactive Timeline of Virtual Worlds

Metaverse Meetup related links:
Metaverse Meetup group on LinkedIn
Metaverse Meetup group on Facebook
Metaverse Meetup room on FriendFeed
Metaverse Meetup Worldwide group photo pool on Flickr
Metaverse Meetup group photo pool on Flickr
Metaverse Meetup videos on Vimeo
Metaverse Meetup videos on Blip.tv

Metaverse Meetup chapters:
Metaverse Meetup
Metaverse Meetup Upstate NY
Chicago Metaverse Meetup
New Jersey Metaverse Meetup
Stanford Metaverse Meetup
Austin Metaverse Meetup group on Facebook
Tel-Aviv Metaverse Meetup group on Facebook
Metaverse Meetup Madrid
Metaverse Meetup UK (South)
Metaverse Meetup UK (North)