Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Survey
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NOTE: Take survey using mouse/trackpad to scroll! Loading… UPDATE, 3:45pm PT: If you feel uncomfortable naming specific SL brands that pay well, feel free to describe them by content category they're most known for, i.e. furniture, clothes for men, etc. Since my post on "Shadow Meshing in SL" attracted outsized interest and controversy, I'm delving…
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Now on my Patreon (and only on my Patreon), I'm surveying 14 specific suggestions to improve the Second Life economy for merchants. These recommendations are taken from my anonymous poll of Second Life creators, so it reflects issues they're dealing with regularly. Next week, I'll present the top three-five with the most votes to Linden…
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Click here to take it. I know people on mobile were having trouble with the embedded version of this survey, so hopefully this direct link is easier. I'll close the survey after this coming weekend (probably).
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Loading… 4/25: Bumped up for weekend! As promised, here's my anonymous brand/merchant survey for my upcoming report on the state of the SL economy. Asking such questions as: How has the SL mobile app impacted your sales or activity around your brand? How much money in USD do you typically gross from your SL content…
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Here's the results of last week's Gen AI survey, which I took in the run-up to Second Life's official "AI & the Future of Our Virtual Community" town hall happening this Friday. The results are pretty unambiguous: A massive majority of over 85% surveyed want some kind of regulation against gen AI-made content in the…
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Primfeed recently became the most popular website focused on Second Life not owned by Linden Lab, and so inevitably, the "Flickr-for-SL" social platform is now a flashpoint for the key controversy among SLers: Whether AI programs like LLM-powered NPCs like those from Convai and Gen AI platforms like Midjourney should exist in the virtual world…
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Loading… Project Zero now has a Firestorm option, so you can stream Second Life on a browser using the virtual world's most popular viewer, with an introductory discount price of 5 hours for L$250: Go here quickly to get the special offer. However, that's not likely to be the price when this option is officially…
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Loading… Take survey on desktop/laptop PC with mouse or tablet for best results Thanks to readers who recommended their favorite new-ish Second Life brands over the last few months! Now please take this survey to choose the brand you'd like to see featured in a New World Notes post. Use a laptop/mouse for best results,…
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Here's the results of my survey last week, asking if you experienced any motion sickness when visiting SecondLife.com's new-ish homepage. I posted that question after receiving some reports of people having that sensation, so was curious how widespread that reaction is. Turns out, a fair amount: Reaction was nearly evenly split, with 46% saying they…
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Loading… Note: Survey may require mouse or trackpad Here's an easy and (hopefully!) fun survey question to end the week: Go to the new-ish SecondLife.com homepage through a browser you don't usually use with your existing SL account. Does it make you feel motion sickness? Answer the survey question above! Again, for the full effect,…
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