Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Click here to try out and possibly buy a bubbly new item available at the latest Fameshed SL event from Dutchie, seasoned creator of great virtual housewares and furnishings in Second Life and a very proud sponsoring partner to New World Notes: Enjoy the superior comfort and timeless elegance of Dutchie’s wood-burning hot tub with…
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Second Life Co-Founder Cory Ondrejka: Adding Mesh to SL Without In-World Editing Tools Was a Mistake
Update, February 4: In follow-up message, Cory told me: "I didn’t say meshes were a mistake — I said the lack of in-world editing and behavior tools [of and for mesh] is the mistake". With apologies, I've corrected the title to better clarify this. Last week's post on how bringing offline mesh to Second Life…
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As it turns out, we have not yet reached peak Bernie meme. Tossing kerosene onto that ebbing fire, content creator Max Graf (above) just created a free Bernie cutout to take around with you in Second Life to place Bernie in all your virtual world screenshots: Click here to teleport to get it in Max's…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting I was immediately drawn to “Saying Goodbye” from Trisha Rose. It is beautifully composed directing my attention to the figures in the tree even though it does not follow the Rule of Thirds or Fifths or the Golden Mean. What’s going on?…
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Monday Memory: A Doctor Recreates Hallucinations Of Schizophrenics In A Virtual World Can You Guess Which Screenshots Are From GTA Online Or… Second Life? Watch: A Christmas Postcard From Japan In Second Life & Japan In Real Life
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting I love Skippy Beresford’s stream and knew I could count on him to have a wonderful Christmas photo. The expression of faith in sending off a letter to Santa during this grievous year is charming. I love that he is wearing a…
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Last week a veteran Second Life user was summoned back to the virtual world after an absence of many years, because the Stargate teleport system she had created for it no longer worked. This was not a surprise, seeing as the teleporters have been sitting there in SL for roughly 12 years, and that they…
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Above: Mr. Clip posing by a sculpture from the legendary prim artist Starax Statosky Give thanks to great Second Life prim-based sculpture artists from over the last 17 years by visiting the Gratitude Art show between now and the end of 2020: Click here to teleport. As I wrote in September, it was curated by…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Kalliope’s “Not a Wish-Granting Factory” is a fun visual play on the idea of wishing upon a star. Of course, it’s not a star she is perched upon, it is a moon. But that is a petty quibble for a lovely and…
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Among the many moments in the 2020 Presidential that left us wondering, "Is this real life?", the topper must surely be the day when the Trump campaign announced a press conference at the Four Seasons… which turned out to be Four Seasons Total Landscaping, a yard improvement company literally located next to a crematorium and…
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