Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Non-profit/social applications of SL
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Along with being incredibly powerful, Liam Kanno's September 11 memorial made in Second Life (video tour above) is a landmark in immersive design: "Watching the massive towers fall was unlike anything I've ever seen," Liam continues, explaining his design. "The scale was immense, and I wanted to give as much scale to this build as…
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Thanks to everyone who contributed content and donations to the Maui Wildfire Relief Second Life fundraiser, with all proceeds going after Linden Dollar cash-out to the Maui Food Bank, one of the main non-profits helping victims of the Lahaina blaze. I took the above pic by the banyan tree tribute just before the final tally,…
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Click here to teleport into the Maui Wildfire Relief drive in Second Life. Running until end of this Saturday, over 75 SL brands are selling excellent items (full list of participants here) with 100% of net sales going as cash donations to Maui Food Bank. Several live music events are also planned today and tomorrow,…
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Click here to teleport to a Second Life fundraiser to help the people of Maui now in desperate need due to the wildfire tragedy. Dozens of top SL brands listed here are donating content to the project, Maui Wildfire Relief SL, with all Linden Dollar proceeds converted to USD and going to the Maui Food…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting On this day, just three years ago, George Floyd was murdered and the clarion call of “Black Lives Matter” that began with Trayvon Martin’s murder spread far and wide. It even looked like there was a sea change happening. Sadly a lot…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Lady Arsenika Satanis’ shot this fab pop art self-portrait. I love her style — and love to see that drag queens are active in Second Life. Her picture, “Pop Art Fantasy” is the apotheosis of drag queen glamor. It seems appropriate to…
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Now available for free in Second Life thanks to Edyn Starlight — an abortion rights avatar tattoo. Edyn writes: I don't typically like to get political, not on the best or even the worst of days, but Roe vs. Wade being overturned is fucking ridiculous… In support of those affected by this, I'm releasing this…
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Click here to apply as a booth participant at Hair Fair, the annual SL community fundraiser event that sells amazing virtual hair styles for avatars, with a portion of all sales donated to Wigs for Kids, a non-profit that creates real wigs for children experiencing hair loss due to chemotherapy, alopecia, and other issues. Launched…
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A Tribute to Ukraine – "Long may Ukraine stand proud and free." by Rhaenys Targaryen Update, 2/26: Bumped up for weekend support! This is a Google Spreadsheet of Second Life stores and website Marketplace shops owned by Ukraine-based creators on the virtual world platform. It was quickly created by SL community members within the first…
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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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