Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Luciferina is completely new to me and she takes my breath away. Her pictures of her avatar are just amazing flights of fancy. I imagine her thinking, “what would happen if…” and then creating it. What if a woman wore a skirt…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Christina Geddins-Swot’s recent “Cyber Meets Watercolours” appeals to me so much. I love how the background became an abstraction of color. The avatar looks painted. This is achieved through using filters in photo-editing, but she had to used depth-of-field in the original…
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Good news from Froukje Hoorenbeek, owner of the popular Dutchie housewares brand in Second Life. As I mentioned in May, she was preparing for some serious RL surgery to repair two fractured vertebrae. Mutual friends tell me the surgery has been done and was successful, so she's now offline in recovery. That also means she's…
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We asked and you answered in droves. With nearly 300 respondents collected (a very large sample size for New World Notes readers), almost 1 in 4 said they planned to upgrade their account to the newly announced Premium Plus, despite it costing $25/month or $250/year. Also, 12% were in the Maybe category. Yes, 61% of…
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Updates, 7/30: Added feedback from Tony Parisi, who was metaversing before the Metaverse was cool, and Neil Trevett, VP of NVIDIA & President of the Khronos Group, the host of the Metaverse Standards Forum. Excerpts at the bottom of this post! You may have noticed last week's announcement of the Metaverse Standards Forum, a consortium…
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My post on Strawberry Singh's tips for listing SL avatar fashion credits was the most shared on Facebook last week, so in service to the people, here's a similar tool but in a heads-up display, available for free in the Marketplace: The What is She Wearing HUD. Strawberry herself shot a tutorial for it in…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Some pictures are just so striking all I can do is say “Wow!” and sit back and enjoy them. This is a Wow! picture. I love the layers of mountains in the background giving the picture depth and texture. I love that…
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//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Anastazja B. shoots gorgeous photos such as “Just me” that are instantly recognizable for their unique style. Her pictures have intense color with deep shadows and bold bright colors. And flowers, nearly every picture is abloom in flowers. Browsing her stream…
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Sanny Yoshikawa が、New World Notesのなかから、毎月おすすめのバーチャルワー ルドニュースを日本語で紹介します。 Sanny Yoshikawa covers the monthly virtual world highlights from New World Notes for virtual Japan.
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Here's the latest episode of Seracast, the fun, snarky, and chatty YouTube show hosted by Del and Kess, co-founders of Seraphim SL, the largest Second Life shopping/event blog — which as I've said before, has a larger readership than many top real life fashion blogs. Watching their show will give you a sense of why…
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