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Want to Know Secrets of the Second Life Economy? Subscribe to My Patreon to Read My In-Depth Report!
NEW for my Patreon subscribers: An in-depth report on the state of the Second Life economy in its 21st year, as seen by SL merchants. Featuring topics like: How much $ are SL merchants making per year? What's the best price point? How many SL merchants are using AI? Are there oligopolistic brands in the…
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Here's the result of last week's survey, asking how much (or how little) generative AI programs like Midjourney and Leonardo AI have penetrated the Second Life economy, specifically in advertisements or product displays for SL content that clearly leverages that technology. (Example below.) Among 64 respondents, a heavy majority (59%) say they "often" see AI-enhanced promotions,…
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Video courtesy Marina Münter The Sciopticon magic lantern projector was a seriously steampunk-esque contraption from 1890 that projected a moving image with a series of glass slides on a rotating chassis cylinder. And now, someone created a working version in Second Life. (Watch it in action above.) It ingeniously uses the existing projector feature in…
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Loading… Here's a survey asking how much (or how little) generative AI programs like Midjourney and Leonardo AI have penetrated the Second Life economy. (Take with a mouse/trackpad for best results.) In the last couple years I've started seeing SL images heavily upgraded with gen AI, but I'm specifically referring to advertisements or product displays…
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With continued reports that Second Life content creators on Flickr are being banned or penalized for various infractions — including top creator Teal Aurelia, who tells me “they keep banning accounts on really minor/subjective Terms of Service violations” — I’ve reached out to Flickr’s CEO for a response. Another response to all this is Primfeed,…
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Many Second Life users on Flickr have recently been hit by platform warnings — as pictured and explained in this message from Flickr Staff — with some getting hit by outright bans. Overall the main issue seems to be that Flickr the company is penalizing users who excessively tag other Flickr users in their images,…
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I'm preparing to write an in-depth report on the internal user-driven Second Life economy, which remains one of the most thriving in the entire industry. (And arguably better than even Roblox.) As part of that, I'll be conducting an anonymous survey of SL-based content creators, trying to capture the overall state of the market, while…
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New World Notes' media partner Bad Unicorn is helping develop the Seraphim HUD, designed to make in-world shopping and events in Second Life easier and more accessible. Currently in Beta, consider trying it out, sharing feedback with the team — and get a free gift from Bad Unicorn in the process. Here's how: Click to…
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The Second Life to Discord text bridge I featured the other day is not available on the Marketplace (at least not yet), but there are already other options there. This one from Peter Strindberg is well-rated and has similar features: Once activated, the relay announces itself in open chat, indicating how many lines of chat…
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Second Life Overwhelmed By Virtual Fashion Shopping Events & Consumerism, Argues Longtime SL Blogger
Longtime SL blogger Prisqua Newall of SLex in the City has a must-read blog post about how rampant virtual world shopping events are choking the creativity and originality from Second Life culture. It was inspired by her own personal moment of clarity as a rampant shopper: This journey through Second Life’s marketplace has led me…
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