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 Site Info/Projects
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SECOND LIFE: The First, Best Metaverse in Words and Pictures is a new book from metaverse media partner Hari Sutherland, a professional author IRL with several published books, both fiction and nonfiction. His new book, as the title suggests, is devoted to Second Life, and I’m thrilled to recommend it, both for longtime SL veterans…
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Last week my little-used Threads and Bluesky accounts gained a trove of new followers for Totally Mysterious Reasons. So if you're looking to follow me on either platform: On Threads, I'm "wjamesau" On Bluesky, I'm "SLHamlet" Advice wanted: Is there a good service for quickly cross-posting to and from these platforms, or also to/from Twitter/X?…
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My Summer 2024 report on the Second Life economy is now free to all my Patreon members here. Bringing together responses from one hundred and eleven SL merchants, this overview of the Second Life economy goes in-depth on current/future trends and summarizes their sales results on topics like the best price to sell an SL…
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New on my Patreon: Excited to finally run my in-depth interview with Gizem Mishi Akin after months of mystery about her departure from her famed virtual world fashion brand, Blueberry. We talk about that and many things — including of course her new SL brand/mainstore The Kiwi Co. Sample: [Her] trajectory has been something to…
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Join my Patreon for free to read a story I'm excited to tell (very soon): What's been happening with Gizem Mishi since launching a successful cross-platform metaverse company which she grew from Blueberry, her beloved Second Life brand? Readers have been wondering about her mysterious absence from SL in recent months, what will become with…
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The Creator supporter level for my Patreon ($50/month) is designed for virtual world creators who want to promote their brand to New World Notes readers. Benefits include: A permanent 300 x 300 ad on New World Notes with 100K+/monthly visits. A special sponsor shout-out post on NWN highlighting your brand and offerings. A monthly social…
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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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Here's a new demo video of Equimake, the new indie platform which enables live, multi-user collaborative 3D building on the web (and a proud sponsoring NWN partner). Lead developer Alex and I do some real-time building and editing together while going over the platform's features. Like I say in the video, it kinda evokes the…
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Please follow my Patreon for free! And if you find New World Notes valuable, please consider subscribing! Members at the Supporter level ($5/month) get early/exclusive access to premium articles and a free Kindle copy of Making of Second Life, while subscribers at the Creator and Metaverse level ($50 or $100 month) get many additional benefits…
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I just launched a Patreon with excitement and trepidation! If you’ve found my blog and books valuable over the years, I hope you consider subscribing, or at least joining Patreon to follow my updates for free. Starting in the next week or two, subscribers will get exclusive early access to feature articles, available for the…
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