Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Weekly Recap
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Thick as Thieves: Lead Devs Warren Spector, David McDonough & Greg LoPiccolo on the Upcoming Immersive Simulation's Heritage With the Groundbreaking OG Thief Cajsa's Choices: Strikingly Silhouetted Avatar Portraits by Peppa Littlepaws Inside Project Zero: Philip Rosedale on Completely Re-Making the UI — and Re-Engaging Millions of Former Users BREAKING: Some Second Life Mobile Users…
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Ask Narrator AI: LLM Guides New Players Into Crack Den, Second Life's Long-Running MMO Stars Reach, Raph Koster's Ambitious Galaxy Sandbox MMORPG, is Crowdfunding Its Launch — Here's Why. Inside Project Zero: Philip Rosedale on Linden Lab's Strategy to Grow the SL Userbase with Cloud Streaming (Part 1)
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Second Life Streaming Launches to Select New Users This Week — And More from My Latest Interview with Philip Rosedale Resonite Creating Single-Shard Grid Enabling Infinite, Contiguous Realities Watch: In Love Me, Two Sentient AIs Played By Kristen Stewart & Steven Yeun Become Human Avatars After Civilization's End (January 31) In New Records, VRChat Hits…
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Above: At my office in Waterhead via Project Zero Open Forum: What Are Your SL / Virtual World / Metaverse Predictions for 2025? Casja's Choices: My Five Favorite Second Life-Themed Flickr Groups of 2024 — Consider Joining Them in 2025! BREAKING: Linden Lab Test Launches Browser-Based Streaming for Second Life — And You Can Try…
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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Joanna Kitten’s “To the Lighthouse” is just one of thousands of pictures of Second Life birds in Second Life Avians, a Flickr group organized by Bella Blackheart.She took an interesting approach to the Rule of Odd Numbers. There are five birds, four…
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Kickstart This: Trip the Light, a VR Game That Teaches Hand-in-Hand Partner Dancing! – UPDATE: It's successfully funded! Watch: Machinima Artist Shows How Hand-Made Visuals Are Better Than AI Amazing User-Created VRChat Adventure Game World Gets 200,000+ Visits / Favorites… But Only 29 People Paying to Play. Here's Why. Linden Lab Alpha Launches AI-Powered Character…
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Watch: Amazing Second Life Machinima Promotes New Song — And Helps It Get Real Life Radio Airplay! The Problem With Marketing Second Life. And the Solution Soon Before Us. Cajsa's Choices: Beautifully Composed, Story-Rich SL Imagery by Dopamine BREAKING: SL App Now Installed on Over 100,000 iOS/Android Devices! Meet Melba: Earth-Sized, Uncharted AI-Generated Virtual World…
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Second Life Mobile Updates Coming Soon (on my Patreon) VRChat's Solution to the Social Problem of Poorly Optimized Avatars Cajsa's Choices: Six Favorite Scenes of Celebrating Winter in Second Life Roblox Joins Epic in Fight Against the App Stores. Will Other Metaverse Platforms Join Them? VRChat Peak Usage Trending Toward New Record (150K+) This New…
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Now Available: Second Life's First Illustrated Coffee Table Book! Can AI Review Second Life Images Better Than Cajsa? To Find Out, We Got Claude to Describe the Images She Selected Here! Give the Gift of New World Notes! Send Someone Special a Patreon Membership or an Autograph Plate Give New SL Users Their Own Private…
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Seven Spectacular Second Life Sims to See — Before It’s Too Late! Watch: This Game Trailer is Actually an Amazing User-Created VRChat World Made by One Guy Over the Last 4 Years I'm Seeing a Strong Shift to Bluesky by SLers — Including Cajsa, Who Just Closed Her Huge Twitter/X Account Ben Affleck is Both…
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