Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
recent posts
- 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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I'm almost done writing a new 2025 edition afterword to my book, which means updating my top 10 chart of leading metaverse platforms. These are platforms which qualify under my book's broad definition of the technology: The Metaverse is a vast, immersive virtual world that's simultaneously accessible by millions of people through highly customizable avatars…
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The Virtual Worlds Museum(™), my longtime media partner, now has a marketing program for virtual world companies/brands interested in promoting their projects to our 200,000+ followers, while also supporting the Museum's mission as the most comprehensive online resource/community devoted to virtual worlds. (New World Notes is also part of this marketing program, of course!) VWM…
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Above: VRChat's listing in the AWE exhibitor tradeshow A small booth at last week's Augmented World Expo could herald a pretty big move for VRChat the company: They are now partnered with Sawhorse Productions, a top immersive marketing agency that's done a number of brand activations in metaverse platforms Roblox and Fortnite — including, most…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting ᴅɪᴀ posted this gorgeous pic showing off an outfit for the event Pride at Home. I love the picture and I love the look. I like that it’s in pastels rather than the usual saturated colors of the rainbow flag. After all,…
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Thanks to everybody who participated in my Patreon survey based on suggestions from Second Life merchants on the key improvements to the virtual world economy that would most benefit them. 251 people participated, which is roughly 1 in 4 of my total membership list. With 40 votes, this is the improvement most requested by far:…
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I'm almost finished with my massive report on the state of the Second Life economy, which I'm planning to publish on my Patreon soon, but here's a striking sneak peek: In my survey of SL merchants, a massive majority of 67% want 3D content with Gen AI element regulated or banned outright from Second Life.…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Rimgal Kirax came back to Second Life last year after a thirteen-year hiatus. He blogs on Flickr with complete credits and SLurls. However his blog is not the ordinary kind of Flickr microblog. As he wrote on his About page, “There is…
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I'm gratified to announce that my Patreon now has over 1000 members. If you signed up recently: Thanks for supporting my writing, both there and here on New World Notes! If you've been a member since last year: Thanks for sticking around! If you're still thinking about joining, consider doing so to take this survey…
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Seeing that Sweeney saved the Metaverse from Apple this week, this ridiculously long interview he just did with Lex Fridman is worth a watch. Seeing as it's four hours and twenty five minutes, you'll probably want to watch in parts. I'll pull out highlights when I can. Please share your own favorite points they discuss…
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Another piece of Linden Lab's strategy to grow the Second Life user base was just revealed: We’re excited to unveil the Creator Partnership Program, a new initiative that invites our talented creator community to play a central role in shaping the future of Second Life. This program is all about collaboration—between Linden Lab and creators…
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