Saloners,

This is the first word of it and I'll be posting an official
announcement, but we've just confirmed there will be a Metaverse
Roadmap pre-release party at the awesome Eyebeam lab in New York City
on Thursday, August 10th from 6-9 PM. (Eyebeam is the lab that did the
OGLE 3D extraction from SL: http://ogle.eyebeamresearch.org/ --you can
check out their 3D printer and other goodies.)

Information on the Metaverse Roadmap is at http://metaverseroadmap.org .
We aim to have the first report up on the site in September so this will
be the last physical gathering to get feedback before that. I'll be
there to show off where we're at and some of the interesting things
we're finding, and we'll have some guest presenters too.

The event is free and open to everyone. Let me know if you can make it
and I'll add you to the list (have to cap it at 100).

The talk about creating a "Metaverse Factory" mixed-reality living and
work space in New York is heating up. I'll give the download on that
too, and there are opportunities for involvement.

We've got the Second Life Community Convention coming up in San
Francisco, August 18-20. For those on the east coast who can't make it
out or for anyone who wants more meetups, this is for you.

Jerry