Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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- Welcome to New World Notes’ 2006-2025 Archive!
- Virtual World Usage Stats from S&P Global Market Intelligence — Plus VRChat & Second Life Specifics!
- Top Five Posts Including: Huge Rec Room Layoff & Meta Boots Neal Stephenson Off Facebook (Briefly)
- Four Glorious Second Life Sims to Explore — After Watching Sabina Valeska’s Machinima Tributes to Them!
- Virtual World Usage Stats from S&P Global Market Intelligence — Plus VRChat & Second Life Specifics!
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Category: Grotesque Self-Aggrandizement
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Today's episode of The Pulse from National Public Radio, "Virtual Worlds, Virtual Lives", tells the story of two classic communities in Second Life: The Confederation of Democratic Simulators, which was shaken (but not destroyed) by a trademark dispute which challenged the group's idealism, and the Wasteland, the long-running post-apocalyptic community founded and run as by…
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Segment starts at around 1:35:20! Woke up at 6:15am today to talk with the fine folks on the Yahoo Finance broadcast, chatting about how the Metaverse is poised for a comeback in 2014. Inevitably the topic was framed around generative AI, though as I try to explain on the segment, we're still not clear how…
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What went wrong with ‘the Metaverse’? An insider’s postmortem is a new guest essay I wrote for VentureBeat, and I hope you consider reading and sharing on social media! The quotes around "the Metaverse" are intentional, because I'm talking about the straw man version most people in tech have been toying with recently, not the…
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Cyber Monday special for the immersion fan in your life: I'm giving away my autograph plate to anyone who buys a copy of Making a Metaverse That Matters. I'll even write a special (short!) dedication message to you or a special someone. Here's how to get it! 1. Get a copy of the book (if…
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Just in time for holiday shopping, I'm giving away my autograph plate to anyone who buys a copy of Making a Metaverse That Matters. I'll even write a special (short!) dedication message to you or a special someone. Here's how to get it! 1. Get a copy of the book (if you haven't already) here:…
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Just got word that Philip has been added as a keynote speaker to GamesBeat Next in San Francisco next week Monday and Tuesday (October 23-24) — use this discount code for 40% off at sign-up: GBN23SPEAKER That's on top of me moderating a panel with Second Life co-founder/Google VP Cory Ondrejka; as I discuss in…
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If you're interested in attending GamesBeat Next in San Francisco this month (October 23-24 to be exact), use this discount code for 40% off at sign-up: GBN23SPEAKER As that suggests, yes, I'm moderating a panel with Second Life co-founder/Google VP Cory Ondrejka and MMO game god Raph Koster, who's furiously and secretly at work creating…
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Starting today at 1pm PT/SLT I'll be chatting with the lovely folks of the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium about Making a Metaverse That Matters in the OG metaverse platform of Second Life. If you want to join us in-world, click here to teleport — or watch the live YouTube stream above. Hosted by longtime virtual world…
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Click here to participate in a Q&A about Making a Metaverse That Matters on Inkwell, the public conference on books for The WELL, the legendary online community forum. (Starting now and for the next two weeks.) It's viewable to everyone online, but if you want to pose questions and aren't a WELL member, you can…
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With news that Meta's Horizon Worlds metaverse platform is finally coming to mobile in the run-up to next month's Meta Connect developer conference, here's an excerpt from Making a Metaverse That Matters on the fundamental mistakes Meta is still making in its approach to avatars — including insights from Second Life co-founder Cory Ondrejka, who…
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