This group is for Games User Researchers or those that are interested in Games User Research in the San Francisco Bay Area.  In addition to keeping in touch on the Games User Research group on LinkedIn, we sought a need to organize face-to-face meetups to further build our community and facilitate the exchanges information and ideas.

We started this Meetup to bring together the best devs, designers and entrepreneurs in the local social games space. Come meet some friends, hear a couple of great industry speakers, and talk about what's cool in social games.

The original organizer has had to leave as organizer so now we are in the process of deciding if and with what focus this group should continue on. Please feel free to make suggestions on the main mailing list or discussion forum.

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the foremost organization of game professionals. We meet regularly to exchange ideas, network, and have fun. Everyone is welcome, even nonmembers!

Virtual reality has the potential to profoundly impact work, play, and society as a whole. Immersive virtual experiences previously known only in the realms of science fiction are finally within reach. Who should attend? SVVR is open to anyone interested in or curious about virtual reality, including developers, hackers, futurists, gamers, entrepreneurs, investors, and dreamers. The Oculus Rift, Kinect, LEAP, and Razer Hydra are the first wave of affordable consumer VR devices. Join us to discus …

This meetup is all about apps for kids, from toddlers to tweens. We'll cover content for iPhone, iPad, Android, and whatever is next. Hosted by Creativity, Inc., a company that has worked on over 4000 toys and games with companies like Hasbro, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, and many more. www.creativityusa.com

We get together monthly to share projects, opportunities, and how-tos related to developing for iOS and Android. Experienced developers, newcomers, and people with ideas are all welcome. We've enjoyed presentations from investors, entrepreneurs, and experts in all sorts of relevant topics from user interface design to programming to marketing and business development. Each meeting usually contains a couple of fast-paced but deep talks and several demos. We don't do a lot of detailed programming …

Meet other local Small Business Owners! Come to a Small Business Meetup to network, play the ActionCOACH game of Leverage and learn more about business in 2 1/2 hours then you will all year on your own! All are welcome! Leverage is a board game developed by ActionCOACH Founder and self made billionaire, Brad Sugars, to teach small business owners how to achieve massive profit growth in their businesses by focusing on 5 key areas. You will "inherit" a business at the beginning of the game and i …

This group will meet regularly to discuss cross-device HTML5 developer tools for creating native applications for iOS, Android, and Windows along with HTML5 web apps.  We'll invite guest speakers to discuss new advances in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 that empower web and mobile developers to accelerate their time to market and reduce the costs associated with deploying across a variety of devices. Group Meetups will include both technical and market-oriented sessions and will try to meet on a qua …

We are the local group for ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics). Our mission is to promote the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Our purpose is to foster a membership community whose core values help them to catalyze the innovation and application of computer graphics and interactive techniques. We meet roughly every month, usually on the third Thursday. Our local group has been me …

Welcome to Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups, SV's largest entrepreneurs & Startup community From App to Startup! From Developer to Entrepreneur! Meet other local entrepreneurs /founders/Hackers/Developers, VCs, Angels, Investors, and leaders for the mobile / Internet industry, including Android, iOS, WP, HTML5 , Cloud, Facebook, Chrome! Come to our events to network and share your stories. Hear how others have overcome hurdles and achieved success. All are welcome! This fast growing Entre …

This group is for those who want discussion on, not only Android Applications Development, but also want info and interchange on Android Native and Kernel. It is our intent to run meet ups with featured speakers, who go deep... and who encourage questions from the audience. We'll also provide a comfortable environment with good food and drink. This is going to be good.

EYES WIDE OPEN: This meetup group is all about increasing Awareness. Yes, living life with our Eyes Wide Open. Its about the mindset and inner game of success. Its about understanding the little voices inside our heads. Its having the understanding that how we Think, controls how we Feel, which controls how we Act.  That your INNER World creates and controls your Outer World. Eyes Wide Open is about how; knowing what to do, and doing what you know are 2 completely different things.  How you can …

I am new to the area and looking for others who share an interest in strategy games and history, especially American and European 20th Century. This meetup is about meeting new people, engaging your mind and having fun. I am looking for a group of gamers that love to learn, play, and teach all sorts of games. Newcomers are welcome. Gaming is a social pursuit that can be enjoyed by all ages while promoting fun, social interaction, mental challenge with a dose of healthy competition. NOTE: We are …

Are you observing the game being changed in Health, Education, Journalism, Finance, Economic Development? Have you been pondering what's happening and what kind of future is unfolding? Have you wondered if and how the game might be changed? "I at least have so much to do in unravelling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the …

Let’s gather around a table, have some munchies and have fun playing some of the classic board games and card games you played when you were a kid and some of the newer ones as well. Games are a great way to de-stress, have fun and create new friendships. This group is well established, with good attendance and many regulars that appreciate the more playful side of life. This is a low-key environment, games are usually at my house or assistant organizers. We play a wide range of classic and mode …

This meetup group is for the hard core... It’s for business owners and entrepreneurs who are already high achievers, heavy hitters, and Go-Getters, but like most successful people; are itching to get to their next level. It’s for individuals with a burning desire to better themselves, for individuals on a quest to Be, Do, and Have more out of their businesses and their lives. This meetup is for the doers. If this sounds like you, you are at the right place. We cover specific areas of small busi …

Ideas, Design, Development, DEMOs, Product Marketing, Business Development, Success or Failure Tips, Entrepreneurship, Opportunities among the whole bay area (including south to north, east to west :-))'s mobile game professional community, here is the place we can hold discussion, seminars, talks, and conference for the next big wave ! We hope to have monthly DEMOs, yeh, DEMOs, and quarterly bigger event to cheer up our own mobile game professionals for bigger success together !!!

What’s your dream? Freedom of time? Unlimited resources to travel the world? Whatever it may be, CASHFLOW 101 teaches you how to get out of the Rat Race and onto the Fast Track, how to make your money work for you - not the other way around. CASHFLOW 101 is an educational board game that simulates real life financial strategies and situations. As a simulation, you learn valuable lessons and gain priceless insights into personal finance and investing without having to put your actual money at ris …

Gamification and use of game dynamics/mechanics in non-game contexts is next wave on the internet. To quote Seth Priesbatch "This decade is the decade of games". Community owners, entrepreneurs, application developers and marketers need to understand and leverage gamification techniques to their advantage. This group brings together people interested in gamification to discuss various aspects of the game design and dynamics.

Dear friends, we are a big family like group! If you are new to this area or find that you have lost your old social circle because friends have moved away, this might be the place for you. Our group’s mission is to help build friendships that last a life time. So if this is what you are looking for, keep reading :) East Bay Young Professionals Social Group (EBYPSG) is a diverse group of active people in their 20s-40s. Our backgrounds and ethnicity vary greatly, but the one thing we have in com …

Lets PLAY! Ever wanted to just get a pick up game of bball rather than going to random courts hoping that a good number of players are there? This group is for people that consider themselves "all right" in basketball, more like the weeked warrior type.

Welcome to Woman, StartUp! You are: a woman, startup entrepreneur & want-trepreneur or potential co-founder material a coder, hacker, geek chick, you name it...you are a technically hot woman. independent, unique, good at what you do, a visionary, or a game changer. You face challenges in the technology world.... Let us guess...you go to lots of networking events, workshops, speaker panels, hand out a lot of business cards...oh yeah!, you have nice evenings shared with other entrepreneurs. …

3D Printing, also known as Additive Manufacturing, is an exciting and potentially game changing technology that will dramatically alter the way products are designed, manufactured, distributed and financed. A standard digital file (.stl) of an object is created, either by using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software or a 3D scanner, and is sent to a dedicated machine which builds the object layer-upon-layer in a material such as plastic, metal or ceramic. Today the technology is mainly used for ra …

SVForum fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership within the San Francisco/Silicon Valley ecosystem of individuals and businesses participating in emerging technologies. We do this by: - creating connections and community - providing education and access to reources - linking the global business community to Silicon Valley, and - facilitating the exchange of unbiased knowledge, insights and best practices. With the support of an outstanding team of knowledgeable, passionate volunt …

We are a group that meets on the first Sunday of Every month. Our main purposes are to explore alternative economies, divert unnecessary landfill waste, connect with our neighbors, and have fun doing it! We are like freecycle.org, but at a Location! As a community we have many more resources than we do as individuals. If we share our resources we won't need to buy as many new ones. This uses fewer of the Earth's resources, and fewer of our working hours, leaving us more time to devote to ourselv …

How to be smarter! Wow, did you know that scientific research has proven chess really makes you smarter? Even more, it could prevent your brain from aging and makes you stay sharp all life long. Take a look at all these benefits. Chess Benefits * develops decision-making, planning, and problem solving skills * develops critical, analytical, and logical thinking and perseverance * improves concentration, memory, intuition and self-control * improves independence, imagination and creativi …

How mindful are you? Do you remember people's names when you meet them? Do you remember where you parked your car, your house keys? Are you able to learn, listen, read, think quickly? Do you know the law of attraction? Are you your own life's master? Are you someone who gathers insight directly from the universe? Let me introduce myself, I am Aditya Mittal, and I am the author of 'Let Your Mind See'. I have studied at Stanford, worked at NASA and as Business Intelligence Data team lead at a mobi …