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Loading… Take survey on desktop/laptop PC with mouse or tablet for best results Thanks to readers who recommended their favorite new-ish Second Life brands over the last few months! Now please take this survey to choose the brand you'd like to see featured in a New World Notes post. Use a laptop/mouse for best results,…
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When I first saw these new shoes by Second Life creator Hanna Lindberg, I had to lightly gasp. After she had told me how she made them, I had gasped several times more. The first story of these shoes, you can discern by looking close. Among her first creations using PBR lighting, the detail in…
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My Summer 2024 report on the Second Life economy is now free to all my Patreon members here. Bringing together responses from one hundred and eleven SL merchants, this overview of the Second Life economy goes in-depth on current/future trends and summarizes their sales results on topics like the best price to sell an SL…
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New on my Patreon: Excited to finally run my in-depth interview with Gizem Mishi Akin after months of mystery about her departure from her famed virtual world fashion brand, Blueberry. We talk about that and many things — including of course her new SL brand/mainstore The Kiwi Co. Sample: [Her] trajectory has been something to…
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Thanks to readers who recommended these new-ish Second Life brands (below) to feature this month, all of which have been in the virtual world for 5 years of less, have a social media presence, and are on the marketplace. In alphabetical order, those include: Luova, Manikin!!, NeutralTones, RudeGirls Shapes, and Star Quake Shapes & Beauty.…
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My in-depth interview with Gizem Mishi Akin of Blueberry fame is coming soon, but meantime, I've posted an excerpt of Gizem's incredible Second Life story from my book Making a Metaverse That Matters on my Patreon, free for all members: Once upon a time, a girl sitting by herself in an ancient city traveled through…
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I'm compiling a finalist list of new-ish Second Life brands to feature next month but still have some openings for consideration! If you'd like to nominate some personal favorites in Comments below, here's the info/criteria to include: SL brand must be 5 years old or less Brand's Marketplace listing Brand's social media feed (Flickr, X/Twitter,…
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Loving the variety of new-ish SL brands recommended by readers so far, including: Dope Pixels (Facebook): "We make beautiful, scene-changing skyboxes from real-world photos, renders and AI, but mostly AI lately! It's gotten so good," says owner Adrienne Lowe (Andi Ayashi in SL) Neutral Tones (Instagram): "They started off with really unique shoes but branched out…
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One thing that's clear from the general reaction to the anonymous rant about the Second Life economy: People feel like it's increasingly impossible for newer brands to get attention in such an established virtual economy. And then writing this blog post, it suddenly occurred to me: Oh right, I have a blog, and might be…
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Primfeed, the new social media service for Second Life users — positioned as an alternative to Flickr after SLers on the photo sharing site experienced a wave of penalties and bannings — basically just launched last June. Since then, it's seen pretty amazing growth in its first two months. By July, according to SimilarWeb, it reached nearly…
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