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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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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With the world's theaters still painted profoundly pink, probably you've noticed people sharing real life photos of themselves that have been Barbie doll-ified via BaiRBIE.me. Turns out that, yes, you can do so with photos of your Second Life avatar. Here's Gogo's before and after version (above). Somewhat paradoxically, the SL avatar looks more human…
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Disturbing if inevitable story in the New York Times documents pro-Russian disinformation spreading across various metaverse platforms and MMOs: Molfar’s researchers identified more than a dozen instances of pro-Kremlin propaganda in Minecraft, Roblox, the Russian versions of World of Tanks and World of Warships, Fly Corp, Armored Warfare and War Thunder. Almost all extolled the…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Kayd, according to his profile, has been in Second Life for 15 years but only recently joined Flickr (although he was taking pictures all along). And what pictures. Here is “Empire State of Mind.” I love the brightness of his shirt amid…
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Above: Jolhoeft's Burning Man installation in Second Life and (inset) at Burning Man I just wrote about how Second Life was inspired by both the Metaverse of Snow Crash and Burning Man of orgiastic arts festival fame, and the SL20B exhibit has a cool installation that demonstrates both: A giant butterfly and flower created in…
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Above: Runitai Linden's workstation for helping develop Second Life Here's the official anniversary magazine for Second Life's 20th anniversary, full of photos (both SL and IRL) and articles to celebrate the virtual world's continued longevity. My unofficial version comes out next week, but meantime, I'm excited that New World Notes' longtime columnist Cajsa Lilliehook writes…
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POLL: When will we see premium entertainment content — movie/TV, pop song, game, book, etc. — that's primarily created through generative AI like ChatGPT & Midjourney that *earns a profit* for the AI programs' unknown curator? (I.E. not by a well-known / publicized creator.) — Wagner James Au (@slhamlet) May 1, 2023 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Here's a…
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Read the actual document my guy. One doesn’t have to use a specific word for something to be about a thing. Come on. Lol. — Boz (@boztank) April 27, 2023 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Late last night, shortly after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg insisted that the company had not moved away from the Metaverse, I got a similar…
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Thrilled to finally announce New World Notes has an advertising executive with many years of experience in both Second Life and the wider immersive/gaming industry. To get in touch with “Demonica” and request a rate card and start a conversation, send an e-mail to ads at new-world-notes dot com. Here's the top-line details on NWN:…
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Great scoop from The Verge’s Alex Heath, laying out Meta’s new XR roadmap, with lots of interesting nuggets on new VR headsets and also AR glasses. Most relevant to what I’ve been writing about recently, it confirms my forecast last month, that Quest 2’s install base is still below 20 million: With regards to the…
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