Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter

Making a Metaverse That Matters
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recent posts
- Warning: LLMs Able to De-Anonymize User Accounts on Reddit, Hacker News & Other “Pseudonymous” Platforms; Report Co-Author Expands, Advises
- Want to Go On-Together? A New Virtual World for Real Life Coworking
- All the World’s Avatars (1 Billion & Counting)
- Gamers Overwhelmingly Hate Gen AI in Games, Major Industry Report Finds — Here’s Why!
- Why Do Gamers Generally Prefer Fantasy Virtual Worlds Over Sci-Fi MMOs?
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Category: SL blogger link
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"The Conversation Around Content" is a new blog post from Linden Lab veteran Jim "Babbage" Purbrick, who recently left a leadership role at Oculus to spend more time supporting XR, along with many other personal pursuits. Lucky for us, he's also publishing a series of blog posts that crystalize what he's learned over the last…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting “Shades of Blue” is a recent post on Shocking Wonder’s Virtual World Lifestyle blog that just totally sucked me in, evoking Santorin, the town on the edge of a volcano in the Mediterranean where all the buildings are white with blue trim.…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting My Camilicious Style is a home decor and fashion blog by Cami Mahovlich. Cami has been blogging there since 2011. “Beach Party” is the setting for a fun day at the beach complete with ice drinks and cones. I’ve never played poker…
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Devin Vaughn’s blog is called Bishie Style and is rich in story and creativity. His most recent post is Mainframe: The Shipping Drones.The post made me laugh as it lightly touched on current events in an oblique way. STORYLINE: The Wasp Virus was raging in the Mainframe. Highly developed Cyborgs were locked in hibernation mode.…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting “A Touch of Dim Sum Gardens in Second Life” is one of many travel posts from the prolific historian and explainer of Second Life, Inara Pey. Here she explores a beautiful Asian-inspired full sim with gardens, statues, and so much to see…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Everlina Kindred has a different approach to blogging. She creates her pictures and provides what details she chooses to highlight on Flickr and uses her pictures to illustrate her diary which she posts to about twice a month. This pictures of for…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting This recent post titled 木{Wood) from Ren Matsura’s blog LETCIRREN made me think of “North By Northwest” for obvious reasons. I love the storytelling element. I don’t know if a crop duster is chasing them. I hope they get away. Ren’s photos…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Beuanna Banana’s blog is called “Just Stuff” and it is lovely blog that features great big gorgeous pictures. “The Kind of Woman You Want to Meet” opens with a picture as large as my window, but no larger. It’s perfectly sized for…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting “Little Peonie” is a good introduction to Shioru Inshan’s lovely blog, Room 304. The colors are bold and her pictures are intriguing and artful. There is emotional element to this picture that caught my attention. Her pose is tentative as she contemplates…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting “Pride” is a joyful blog post from Brandi Monroe’s perfectly named blog, “Oh Look! It’s a Blog!” It features items from the SL Pride at Home event, a shop and hop event that takes you to the main stores for 99L pride-centric…