Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Events
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Second Life’s famed annual Hair Fair to benefit RL charity Wigs for Kids is unfurling this weekend, and empresario Sasy Scarborough is offering 5 (five) New World Notes readers special early access to the event. Here’s how:
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Second Life events abound today and this weekend. Starting tomorrow at 11:30am PT, New World Notes' media partner Seraphim opens their fun and fabulous SeraPride extravaganza gala to support a seriously important real world cause: SeraPride is their annual one day fundraising event. Last year the event raised well over $3000 USD. Hoping to raise even…
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UPDATE, May 20: Bumped up post for the weekend launch. Teleport to the welcome sim here. SLurls to the Eduverse sims up now are: Science Circle: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/72/129/30 Virtech: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtech/127/126/31 Community Virtual Library: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/201/212/21 Mayo Clinic: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mayo%20Clinic/121/170/34 Whole Brain Health: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Inspiration%20Island/82/100/23 University of New Mexico (at Rockcliffe): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20Village/48/42/23 In the first flush of general interest in…
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Oh, Canada: Home to great government-sponsored healthcare, and now, noteworthy metaverse art. Click here to teleport to Immersivist, the Second Life sim of longtime metaverse artist Bryn Oh, whose new experience, "Lobby Cam", is brought to us by the Canada Council for the Arts. (Watch the mixed reality trailer above.) "When applying for a Canada…
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Click here to register for free to attend a Zoom webinar on That M Thing in a conference hosted by Canadian non-profit org CPAC (Chinese Professionals Association of Canada), which kicks off April 29 at 6:30pm PT. I'm preparing a slide deck now covering a range of topics, including how to define the Metaverse, Second…
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New video from SeraCast to watch over the weekend: "This week's highlights are a massive giveaway for early access to a the huge Legacy Spring Fair and a further contest for winning Legacy bodies coming on Sunday," Del tells me. "We also discuss the new SL University and Del has a conspiracy theory on an…
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Here's the latest episode of Seracast, the fun and chatty YouTube vlogcast hosted by Del and Kess, co-founders of Seraphim SL. The top highlight of this show is the launch of Fun — yes, literally called that — an event full of, as Del puts it, "Truly just stuff that's fun and gives us a…
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Here's the latest episode of Seracast, the fun and chatty YouTube show hosted by Del and Kess, co-founders of Seraphim SL (a proud NWN content partner). The ladies highlight Love to Ukraine, a major Second Life fundraiser with funds going to reputed NGOs helping people in that war-wracked country — click her to teleport to…
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Click here (or the logo at right) to teleport into The Fifty, a new month-long event from Barb*, founder of the legendary Fifty Linden Friday group. (Back-up sim here.) While FLF is built around deep discounts on SL style and housewares — here's my post on its fascinating economics — The Fifty is focused on…
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Click here to teleport into a Second Life event with some Halloween month thrills for a great real world cause: Helping people with diabetes. More info and events on the Scare Me Silly site: The 6th Annual Scare Me Silly Event in support of Team Diabetes of Second Life will take place October 15 to…
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