3D social platform for sharing videos and webpages

A method for sharing two-dimensional media content with users from one or more social networks, the method characterized in:

• providing a virtual social venue comprising a virtual three-dimensional space;
• enabling a user to invite contacts imported, via a social graph, from one or more social networks to participate in the virtual social venue;
• admitting participating contacts into the virtual social venue;
• providing a virtual screen, window, or other viewing surface within the context of the virtual three-dimensional space;
• selecting two-dimensional media content to share with the contacts;
• instantiating the selected two-dimensional media content onto the virtual screen, window, or other viewing surface;
• and
• displaying the instantiated two-dimensional media content to each of the admitted contacts within the context of the virtual three-dimensional space.

A method for sharing a web page with users from one or more social networks, the method characterized in:

• providing a virtual social venue comprising a virtual three-dimensional space;
• enabling invitation of users from the social network to participate in the virtual social venue;
• admitting participating users into the virtual social venue;
• providing a virtual screen, window, or other viewing surface within the context of the virtual three-dimensional space;
• selecting a web page to share the users;
• instantiating the selected web page onto the virtual screen, window, or other viewing surface;
• and
• displaying the instantiated web page to each of the admitted users within the context of the virtual three-dimensional space.

A social media platform comprising:

• a virtual social venue comprising a three-dimensional graphics engine providing a virtual three-dimensional space;
• a data interface between the virtual social venue and a social network that enables invitation of users from the social network to participate in the virtual social venue;
• a virtual screen, window, or other viewing surface within the context of the virtual three-dimensional space;
• a plug-in interface for a web browser that enables a web page being displayed within the web browser to be instantiated onto the virtual screen, window, or other viewing surface;
• and
• a user interface within the virtual social venue that displays the web page to each admitted user within the context of the virtual three-dimensional space.