Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
recent posts
- 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: NWN Partner News and Announcements
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Check out our latest wing of the Virtual Worlds Museum ™, this one devoted to Blockchain Worlds, i.e. virtual worlds integrated on some significant level with crypto/blockchain, or what's often called web3. This is very much a work in progress, and we're looking to add other web3 virtual worlds beyond the twenty or so we're…
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Monday shout-out to all the virtual world brands who help make New World Notes and my Patreon possible, Please consider checking out their offerings online or in-world: The Virtual Worlds Museum, the largest online community and resource devoted to virtual worlds. Dutchie, creator of fine Second Life home decor with custom animations for all rating…
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The new Dutchie Swimming Pool for Second Life from my longtime media partner Dutchie is full of stylish PBR effects and swimmer animations, and was long in the making: "I’ve always wanted to make a pool like the one in La Piscine, the French film from 1969 with Romy Schneider and Alain Delon," she tells…
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Click the SLurl here this weekend (December 14-15) to teleport to an open house tour of Dream Seeker Estates, who I'm grateful to welcome as a Patreon subscriber. The second largest real estate service in SL, Dream Seeker Estates has been operating in-world since 2007 with competitive rates, multiple region customization offers, and a sales/support…
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My Metaverse media partner Haridsam Resident aka Hari Sutherland is in the final stages of completing SECOND LIFE – The True Virtual World in Words and Pictures, his upcoming coffee table book devoted to SL, and is looking for a few more personal testimonials from SLers. Here's what he's seeking, and how to get in…
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Welcome Haridsam Resident aka Hari Sutherland as the first Metaverse-level partner on my Patreon! He recently signed to launch the perfect project for holiday shopping: SECOND LIFE – The True Virtual World in Words and Pictures, a coffee table book set for release next month. To be first to know when it's available on Amazon,…
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Remember that public swimming pool, which demonstrated the power of PBR? Little did I know back then that it'd be featured in this whole hilarious parody commercial by Beetle Wilder. Watch above! I'd love to see more spots like this advertising SL content. Speaking of which, the pool itself is from Bhad Craven's brad Bad…
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Speaking of "primitives", that's the name for a new $2/month tier on my Patreon — perfect for people who just want to support New World Notes and get early/exclusive feature length articles, along with other special benefits. (The Creator and Partner levels are designed for readers interested in actively promoting their virtual brand/content.) Go here…
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Equimake (a proud NWN partner!) is a web-based, multi-user 3D creation platform that was partly inspired by Making a Metaverse That Matters and designed to be a tool for creators in worlds like Second Life. I've recently been discussing ways Equimake might best work for Second Life creators with founder/lead developer Alex, and we landed…
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I'm helping advise the Virtual Worlds Museum update this list of live virtual worlds to include in its programs, track in its database, and add to a timeline of virtual world history featuring nearly 100 virtual worlds over the decades. We're tracking well over 30 live virtual worlds now, all of which fit these three…
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