Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Best of 2023
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting To celebrate my favorite Second Life images of 2023, check out this gallery I put together above. This got me thinking of all the pictures I wanted to feature this year but didn’t — until now. These are some of the best…
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Alongside The Book and guest my essays for The Atlantic ("There Will Never Be Another Second Life"), Fast Company ("Neal Stephenson isn’t giving up on the metaverse—or crypto") and VentureBeat ("What went wrong with ‘the Metaverse’? An insider’s postmortem"), here's my favorite 2023 posts for New World Notes: APRIL: ChatGPT Comes To Second Life! Inside…
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Richard Bartle, Top Virtual World Expert, Tries Explaining Core Problems With NFT & Blockchain At A Crypto Conference. It Does Not Go Well. BREAKING: First Test Viewer Of Crystal Frost, Unity-Based Second Life Viewer AI Expert Explains How ChatGPT Really Works — And Why It's Designed To Produce "The Most Mediocre Web Content You Can…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting My favorite columns of 2023 start with this early one featuring that magnificent photo by Zakk Bifrandt. He kindly explained here how he shot this picture. His account has since been deleted, so this is what remains of his fabulous work. For…
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