Communications Among Users Belonging To Affiliations Spanning Multiple Virtual Spaces

A system configured to facilitate communications among users belonging to affiliations spanning two or more virtual spaces accessible via virtual environments, the system comprising:

• one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising:
• a group module configured to manage affiliations within individual ones of the two or more virtual spaces, a given affiliation within a given virtual space comprising a discrete group of users with a relationship having a functional significance within the given virtual space, wherein the affiliations comprise a first affiliation within a first virtual space between a group of users including a first user and a second user;
• a communications interface module configured to provide a communications interface for presentation to individual users, the communications interface being configured to enable a given user to observe in-coming communications and provide out-going communications;
• and
• an asynchronous communications module configured to facilitate asynchronous communications via the communications interface between users belonging to one or more common affiliations, wherein the first user is enabled to send the second user asynchronous communications regardless of whether the second user is engaged in a virtual space or a virtual environment.

A method for facilitating communications among users belonging to affiliations spanning two or more virtual spaces accessible via virtual environments, the method comprising:

• managing affiliations within individual ones of the two or more virtual spaces, a given affiliation within a given virtual space comprising a discrete group of users with a relationship having a functional significance within the given virtual space, wherein the affiliations comprise a first affiliation within a first virtual space between a group of users including a first user and a second user;
• providing a communications interface for presentation to individual users, the communications interface being configured to enable a given user to observe in-coming communications and provide out-going communications;
• and one or both of:
• facilitating synchronous communications via the communications interface between users belonging to one or more common affiliations, wherein the first user and the second user are enabled to exchange synchronous communications while the first user is engaged in the first virtual space and the second user is engaged in a second virtual space;
• or
• facilitating asynchronous communications via the communications interface between users belonging to one or more common affiliations, wherein the first user is enabled to send the second user asynchronous communications regardless of whether the second user is engaged in a virtual space or a virtual environment.