Matchmaking system and method for a virtual event

A system for virtual events comprising:

• a remote computer system comprising one or more computing devices having at least one processor and memory storing registration data of participants of a virtual event hosted in a virtual environment, the registration data comprising matching criteria, the computer system being programmed to perform steps comprising:
• assigning at least one of the matching criteria to each of a plurality of locations in the virtual event;
• matching the participants to a matched location of the plurality of locations in the virtual event based on the matching criteria;
• assigning an instance of the virtual event to the matched location based on the matching criteria;
• sending invitations to the matched participants to join the matched location, wherein the invitations comprise a part of the metadata of the matched location;
• in response to the participants accepting the invitations to join the matched location, granting the participants joining the matched location access to the matched location of the virtual event, spawning the participant directly in the matched location and enabling the joined participants to communicate with other participants in the matched location.

A method comprising, by a computer system comprising one or more computing devices having at least one processor and memory:

• registering registration data of participants of a virtual event in a registration module linked to a virtual environment, the registration data of participants of the virtual event comprising one or more matching criteria;
• matching the participants into different matched groups based on the matching criteria;
• generating a location in the virtual event and metadata for each matched group based on the matching criteria;
• assigning an instance of the virtual event to a first matched group;
• sending invitations to join the first matched group;
• in response to participants accepting the invitations to join the first matched group, granting the participants joining the first matched group membership and access to the first matched group to enable the joined participants to communicate with other members in the first matched group.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, trigger a computer system to perform the steps comprising:

• registering registration data of participants of a virtual event in a registration module linked to a virtual environment, the registration data of participants of the virtual event comprising one or more matching criteria;
• matching the participants into different matched groups based on the matching criteria;
• generating a location in the virtual event and metadata for each of the matched groups based on the matching criteria;
• assigning an instance of the virtual event to a first matched group;
• sending invitations to join the first matched group;
• in response to participants accepting the invitations to join the first matched group, granting the participants joining the first matched group membership and access to the first matched group to enable the joined participants to communicate with other members in the first matched group.