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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BREAKING: Sansar, Would-Be Second Life Successor & Metaverse Platform, Is Offline — Staff Reportedly Furloughed Since September (UPDATE, 12/23: Sansar Website & Platform Back Online) Blind Survey Asks "Are You Buying Land In The Metaverse?" Here's How 1400 Staffers At Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft & Others Answered Grading My Ten Metaverse/VR Predictions For 2021…
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Facebook Whistleblower Airs Valid Concerns About The Metaverse — But Misses The Proteus Effect Of Avatars ROBLOX Reportedly Pressures Journalist Covering Platform's In-Game Market "In Which Children Are Encouraged To Gamble Real Money" Neal Stephenson: The Metaverse Isn't Dystopian, The Problem Is Monetizing User Data — And We Need Collective Bargaining To Make It Better…
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Dear New York Times: Here's What Stylish Marriages In The Metaverse Actually Look Like In Case You Care, Facebook Horizon Worlds Is Here Decentraland Stats: 300K Monthly Active Users, Under 20K Daily Users About 14,000 People Watched Geoff Keighley's Game Awards In Geoff Keighley's World In Core Watch: How VRChat's Unconventional Design Helped Inspire Its…
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Sannyのおすすめバーチャルワールドニュース : 2021年11月 Sanny Reports For Virtual Japan Dear Media: Stop Hyping A Virtual Real Estate "Boom" In Blockchain Worlds With Few Users & Little Growth Mainframe May Make A Metaverse While You're Looking The Other Way Watch: Second Life Land Baron Who Hates Evicting Tenants Featured On HBO's How To With John Wilson Philip Rosedale:…
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Top 3 Posts Last Week, Including a New Search UI for Second Life & a New Pro-Quality World in VRChat
Play In VRChat: Magic Heist, Community-Made, Pro-Quality Game Ride Are You Thankful For Second Life's Sleek New Search User Interface? Classic Movie Posters Recreated With Second Life Screenshots
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Free Fire: The Little-Known, Potential Metaverse Already Played By 1 In 10 People In The Entire World Rising Indie Musician Keith Rankin Illustrates Latest Album Cover With Images By Acclaimed Second Life Artist Whiskey Monday Fact Check: Neither Qualcomm Or Facebook Claim The Quest 2 Has A 10M Unit Install Base (Yet) Guest Post: Why…
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Facebook's Biggest Metaverse Safety Problem Is Baked Into Facebook's Brand With Disney Announcing "Our Own Metaverse", Prepare For An IP Bloodbath Across Competing Platforms Dear Media: Maybe Don't Draw Wrong Metaverse Lessons From Second Life? VRChat Hits New All-Time Peak User Concurrency Record: Over 55,000! Nissan's Marketing Program In VRChat Could Learn Some Hard Earned…
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Win This Real Life Painting Of The Metaverse In A Second Life Raffle To Benefit Kids In Real Life Nissan Launches Community-Created Experience In VRChat — Though Community Visits Seem Slow Rec Room, Which Already Has A 3 Million+ User Headstart On Facebook Horizon, Is Hiring Like Crazy ROBLOX YouTuber & Taiwan Supporter Breaks Through…
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Play In VRChat: Udon Tycoon, Amazing Community-Created Multi-Player Rollercoaster Construction & Sharing Sim Meta Commentary On Facebook's Metaverse Move To Becoming Meta Watch: Matthew Ball's Metaverse Fireside Chat With WaPo's Gene Park & Myself In Breakroom — Topic Timecodes In The Post! Why: Why Second Life Needs A Better Presentation & Starting Setpiece Frank Herbert's…
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Incredible Squid Game Cosplay Imagery From The Second Life Community New World Notes Newsfeed: Metaverse Content I’m Currently Consuming Source: Second Life’s Official Mobile Viewer Pauses Development Listen: I Talk Second Life, VR & Making The Metaverse With Melinda Byerley, Fellow Linden Lab Vet! Five Things For Facebook To Consider Before Making Its Name More…
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