Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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- Welcome to New World Notes’ 2006-2025 Archive!
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- 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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Category: Weekly Recap
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Second Life Shopping Ideas: Neon Sign, Swinging Earring & Meme Tattoo from New-ish, Small-ish Reader-Recommended Brands Meta Challenged Top Devs to Build an AI That Could Beat the Classic Roguelike RPG NetHack. No One Came Close. Second Life Merchants Speak On the State of the Virtual World Economy in 2025 (Patreon)
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Linden Lab Replies to Merchant Survey on Top Five Improvements to the Second Life Economy — Company Already "Very Focused" on the Top Two! Watch: Thief VR Teases Return of Garrett in Reboot of Immersive Classic Cajsa's Choices: Joyous Pride Photos From Across Second Life's Massive LGBTQIA Communities VRChat Officially Announces In-Platform Avatar Marketplace is…
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VRChat Company Rep Addresses Breaking of CyanTrigger Script Compiler During Recent Update Amazing Aperture Photos: Look at These Raw Screenshots Taken in Second Life's Hot New Third Party Viewer VRChat Creators Making 4-5x More Money from In-Platform Sales vs. Patreon / Ko-Fi Etc. Says Company Rep — Even After 50% Revenue Cut! Despite Mobile, Streaming,…
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Above: Raw, untouched Aperture screen capture by Surrealia Hexem — more on her Primfeed Nine Things Second Life Merchants Want Their Own Customers to Know Inside Grow a Garden, the Ridiculously Popular Roblox Game Made by a Teenager That Could Be Making as Much as $5 Million+/Month Cajsa Choices: Stunning Photos from Aquilonia, a Second…
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Stonelake presenting Horizon Worlds at a conference About Aperture: Why William Weaver Created a Whole New Way of Seeing Second Life — New on My Patreon Ex-Meta Director Helps Confirm What Went Wrong With Horizon Worlds: "No One Loved the Product" VRChat Unveils In-App Avatar Marketplace As Expected; Here's Some Mixed-to-Positive Reactions from Creators Seed…
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Stars Reach: Why Raph Koster's Upcoming Sandbox MMO is Already a Wonder-Full Escape from the Internet's Gen AI Slop (Guest Post) Cajsa's Choices: Hilarious Retirement Home Group Photos By French SLers Linden Lab’s Creator Partnership Program Part of Company's Daring New Pivot to Grow Second Life With SL's User Community — Here’s How VRChat Working…
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WATCH: Raph Koster's Stars Reach Already Attracting Early Builder Communities — Even in Pre-Launch With Periodic Server Wipes! Epic's Court Victory Against Apple Likely to Be a Big Boon for All Metaverse Apps, Including Second Life; Oberwager Cautiously Optimistic Horizon Worlds Pivoted to Compete With VRChat Around 2019 (Unsuccessfully), Says Senior Meta Veteran Man Visits…
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WATCH: Learning Virtual World Community Building Lessons from Palia, the Popular Cozy MMO Watch 100,000 "Players" in the Same Minecraft Server & 5000+ Onscreen Using Quark Multiplayer Tech AltspaceVR, Microsoft's Sunsetted Virtual World, Attempting Reboot Linden Lab Launches Creator Partnership Program to Help Grow Second Life — Including Creators Outside SL Ecosystem ROBLOX Overwhelmingly Remains…
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On my Patreon: Linden Lab’s Mysteriously Abandoned Islands of Bot Bedrooms in Second Life. UPDATE: Linden Lab Replies, Calls Bot Islands "Low-Key Test" WATCH: Can Second Life Grow Without Being Marketed as a Game? Compare/Contrast: Sims 4 Speed Build vs. Meta's "Faster" Gen AI Tools Flat World Rising: PMR's Cardboard Avatars Top Seller on SL…
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Here's How Making Realistic Mesh Humans SL's Main Default Avatar Type Has Hurt Second Life Watch: Sneak Preview of HELIX, Upcoming Metaverse Platform Gunning for Grand Theft Auto's Huge Mod Community Survey: How Should Linden Lab Regulate Generative AI in Second Life's Online Marketplace? inZOI's UGC Canvas Already Full of IP-Infringing Content — Including Sims…