Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Weekly Recap
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Bonfire 2: A Society-Building Game That's Also A Meditative, Flow-State Relaxation Simulator For Our Stressful Era Should You Jailbreak The Oculus Quest From Facebook Control? EFF’s Cory Doctorow Has Advice — And A Warning This Halo Lights Up If A Second Life Region You Visit Has Migrated To The Amazon Cloud — Or Makes A…
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Play Among Us In VRChat: New Fan-Made Version Adds Visual Tasks & VR-Based Body Language Gameplay To The Original Second Life Registrations Down In 2020 Despite COVID Concurrency Bump This Artist Uses Depth Of Field & Dynamic Lighting To Make Screenshots From SL Seem Like Photos Carmen King Kicks Up Second Life User Concurrency —…
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Study: Men Who Experience VR-Based Sexual Harassment From Woman's Point Of View Exhibit Less Sadism In Subsequent VR Shock Test Among Us Inspires Full VR, Horror-Themed Version Of Hit Game In VRChat As Virtual World Grows, Real Cash Marketplace For VRChat Content Emerges Artist Transforms Second Life Screenshots Into Epic Cinematic Action Stills Saying "Second…
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Get IncrediMarble: Free-To-Play, Physics-Based, Marble Slide Construction Game For IOS From Linden Lab Vet Dave Kap "Second Life Is A Game" Meme Inevitably Outrages Non-Gaming SLers David Lynch Appears As Avatar In Breakroom From Sinespace To Accept Award At First Major Film Festival Hosted In A Virtual World Survey Of Top Tech Company Staff: Facebook…
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Watch: Celebrity YouTuber Bored With The Sims Quickly Becomes Queen Of Second Life, Basically Shopping Tips From An SL Fashion Blog — And Blogging Tips From Me Founder Hubris Led To Magic Leap's Fall — But Valley Hubris Enabled Its Rise Is The Ideal Metaverse A Network Of Linked Places, Or A Seamless World? Epic…
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Zuckerberg Wants Oculus Quest 2 To Sell 10 Million Units. The First Quest Hardly Sold 1 Million. There's A Playable, Physics-Enabled Tribute To Fall Guys In Second Life Someone Made The Bates Motel & Mansion Of Hitchcock's Psycho In Second Life How To Create Avatars For Virtual Worlds — An Oculus/Linden Lab Vet's Advice Watch:…
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Industrial Design Students Still In COVID Quarantine Learn How To Prototype Real Chairs In A Virtual World Babbage Is Back: Linden Lab Vet Jim Purbrick Leaves Oculus, Starts Sharing His Wisdom On Creating Virtual Worlds Artist Turns Second Life Screenshots Into Powerfully Cinematic Imagery
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Photo credit: Animats The Metaverse Is Here: Now In Open Beta After 6 Years Of Development, Dual Universe's Lead Creator Speaks Test Subjects In VR Recreation Of Milgram’s Shock Experiment Still Become Traumatized, Even Knowing Their Electrocuted Victim Is Only An Avatar Watch: Compact But Amazing Cyberpunk Scene In SL — Plus Creator Tips! Second…
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By Making Facebook ID Mandatory, Oculus Is Taking A High Risk Gamble On VR’s Entire Future As A Consumer Product How To Create A Reddit-Style Upvote/Downvote Karma System For Virtual Worlds That Can't Be Abused (Too Much) Tech Worker Quarantined At Home Builds Co-Working Space In Second Life Apple Gets Deeper Into Metaverse Business With…
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Dev Makes Minecraft-Style Real-Time Group Building… In VRChat! Gridiron, 1st Physics-Based, Fully Multiplayer Football Game, Becomes Viral Hit On Steam Early Access Robert Scoble: Facebook Identities On VR Are The Biggest Strategy Tax Of All Time (Guest Post) With Oculus Soon Requiring Facebook Log-Ins, VR Pioneer Warns Consumers: "Use Anything Else" Why Epic's Fight With…
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