The year is 2007 A.D. The Net is entirely occupied by Second Life^®. Well, not entirely… One small village of indomitable Netizens still holds out against the invaders. They meet in first life. Physically. In a hotel made of concrete, not pixels, in Darmstadt, Germany. To hold the German Second Life Community Convention 2007.

(While collecting the links above I wonder, by the way, if NASA is going to send an avatar to Second Moon™.)