We'll look at how location and mapping function in virtual worlds like Second Life and World of Warcraft, and explore how those services are converging with the more traditional 2D Web — as well as with the 3D world around us. Immersive virtual spaces are becoming more and more prevalent on the Web, and are already generating their own brand of Where 2.0-style applications. With millions of people now spending countless hours in massively multiplayer online games and other 3D social spaces, Web-connected digital maps will only become more and more integral to our online experience.

In a nutshell: I love Second Life. I love Google Earth. I want them to marry each other and have babies. I want a 3D avatarized gameSpace map of the planet: the convergence of Neal Stephenson's metaverse and David Gelernter's mirror worlds. I want my Where 3pointD!