Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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- 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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//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting NEOS Klaar’s “Come At Me” is a great example of cyber-chic fashions. Her identity is hidden from facial recognition surveillance and protected from any blows or falls. She has the wide stance recommended by self-defense instructors. She’s ready to rumble. I…
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It's good when media coverage around the latest Metaverse buzz acknowledges Second Life as an original innovator in this space. But that also means reporters from top outlets like the BBC briefly stumbling around in the virtual world, apparently on a laptop with no 3D graphics card ("It is more akin to the blocky and…
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This is a real painting of the Metaverse by acclaimed artist Jeffrey Lipsky (profiled in the New York Times here), who often creates works inspired by the virtual world associated with his Second Life avatar Filthy Fluno. And starting this weekend, you can bid to purchase it for Linden Dollars in a raffle — and…
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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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Update, 11/29: Added the summary video above! 7 years ago, Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson told me this: "Metaverse" has turned into a sort of golem, capable of wandering the earth on its own, out of the purview of its creator. So I am always surprised to see where it turns up and what it's…
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Second Life concurrency data courtesy since 2009 by Tyche Shepherd's Grid Survey Here's the latest Second Life concurrency stats direct from Tyche, the woman who knows more about them than anyone outside Linden Lab (and possibly even more than anyone still at the actual company): "The trend in maximum daily concurrency is pretty flat for…
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While Mark Zuckerberg and other executives strenuously defend Facebook against the allegations and documents made public by whistleblower Frances Haugen, denying any serious wrongdoing, the company's employees have a very different perspective: 80% of them believe the whistleblower's revelations will at least cause some short term damage to the company, while a full third believe…
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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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//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Myth’s photos are mostly black and white. They are universally excellent. I love “The Cellist” and love that he links to an excellent performance of Astor Piazzola’s “Oblivion” by Stjepan Hauser who is more well-known as part of the 2Cellos duo…
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In preparation for my live audience Breakroom interview with Matthew Ball, I'm blogging his must-read, nine part metaverse primer over last Summer and this month. My take on Part 1 (introduction to the framework) is here, my coverage of Part 2 (hardware) is here, with Part 3 (networking) coverage here, Part 4 coverage (computing) here, Part 5 (virtual platforms) here, Part 6 (open…
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