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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In recent weeks my social media has low key exploded with interest in "inZOI" — Steam page here — the quirky name for an upcoming life simulator/character creator game from South Korean-based company KRAFTON. This is happening only months (weeks?) after the mysterious sudden cancelling of Life by You, Rod Humble's highly anticipated life simulator.…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting The Got Blog Bloggers Challenge was launched by Sasy Scarborough of Sasy Scarborough dot com and Gorgeous Aurelia of JuicyBomb, who also created the I Heart SL feed. They are advocating that more people blog on their own blog site that they…
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I'm creating a Patreon article on the most innovative virtual worlds in VRChat, but this new one deserves its own post right now: NeoWorlds, created by "Widget365", is a virtual world created within the virtual world of VRChat — which looks and plays like a low-res 2.5D virtual world of the early 2000s era. (Think…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Sandy Phlipp’s “Misty Mountains” is a stunning picture. I love how the sun shines through the clouds and the between the long needles on that evergreen that has grown sideways under the pressure of constant mountain winds. I love the detail of…
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Update: As of 3:00p PT or so, posting is back up and running. But since the day is already winding down, look for more posts tomorrow!
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Reader "Frank" didn't like my comment on this survey of low Vision Pro usage, comparing to a $3500 weekend trip to Paris where you mostly stay in the hotel watching old American TV shows: Your comparison doesn't make sense at all. The first thing everyone is overwhelmed with when using the Vision Pro is the…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Dicky Jackman posted this fabulous “Feline vs. Fairy” that has the look of an illustration in a book of fairy tales. It’s a beautiful composition. I love how the cat looks up towards the fairy, forming a diagonal line. It is simply…
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Well this was some shocking news to learn last night from the Life By You homepage from Mattias Lilja, Deputy CEO of Paradox Interactive, the sandbox sim's publisher: Sadly, we’ve decided to cancel the release of our long-awaited life sim Life by You. This was an incredibly difficult call to make and is a clear…
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Just in for the Augmented World Expo (AWE), here's the first Spotlight video from the Virtual Worlds Museum (a proud media partner!) hosted by advisor Evo "In Kenzo" Heyning and featuring a first-hand look at WebXR-based metaverse platform Arrival.Space. (Her companion is AI archivist bot "SEHU"). This is the first Spotlight among many, highlighting virtual…
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