Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Weekly Recap
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BREAKING: Second Life Mobile Finally Free to Play By All. Linden Lab Execs Explain Their Goals & Strategies With This Long-Awaited Milestone for the Virtual World. Watch a Second Life Screenshot Transformed Into a High Definition Video Location Through Gen AI Platforms Midjourney & Hailuo Virtual Worlds Are Relatively Safe Havens for LGBT People —…
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Sannyのおすすめバーチャルワールドニュース : 2024年10月 Sanny Reports For Virtual Japan The Pros & Cons of Telehubs & Taxing Point-to-Point Teleportation in Second Life After Yesterday's Election, We Need Better Virtual Worlds More Than Ever Top Ten Takeaways on Second Life's Future From My Interviews With Philip Rosedale & Brad Oberwager Closer to the "Real" Thing — How…
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— Avatars for Kamala: Why US Players of Fortnite, Second Life, VRChat & Other Metaverse Platforms Should Vote for Harris/Walz — Philip Rosedale, Linden Lab's Newly-Appointed CTO, on the Future of Second Life Mobile, AI Applications, and Much More — BREAKING: Philip Rosedale Returns Full-Time to Second Life as Linden Lab CTO, Focusing on Mobile…
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Why Is IMVU Usage Slipping — And Will Second Life Share the Same Fate? A Coffee Table Book Devoted to Second Life is Coming Soon for Holiday Shopping — Here's a Preview from the Author! Watch: Philip Rosedale, Seamus "Father of the Xbox" Blackley, and Chet Faliszek (Portal 1/2) Endorse Harris/Walz Second Life Doesn't Have…
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Looking Into Reports of Linden Lab Staff Cuts in Engineering & Second Life Governance/Customer Support Virtual Worlds Museum Vastly Expands Website Resources for Researchers, Developers, and Explorers He Met His Real Fiancé in Second Life. Then Built a Moody Virtual Tribute to Her Hometown of New Orleans. Inside inZOI: Lead Dev Shares Behind-the-Scenes Details with…
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Why Virtual World Gamers Will Want to Try Once Human, the New Cozy Crafting Combat World Second Life Combat 2 Development Tips from Linden Lab's Creator Tools Product Manager Resonite Update: One Year After Launch, Patreon-Sponsored Virtual World Has 10,000 Monthly Active Users from 60,000 Installs Second Life Mobile Updates: Experimental Voice Chat Added, Access…
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The New Second Life Shoes of Hanna Lindberg Tell Two Amazing Stories The Limits of Gen AI, the Immersion Divide, and The Rise of the Metaverse Generation Tiny Glade, Procedurally Cozy Indie Sandbox Game, Already a Hit One Day After Launch. (First Step to a Tiny Glade Virtual World?) Cajsa's Choices: Marvelous SL Images &…
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NPC Companions With Long-Term Memories & Evolving Relationships Powered by Llama & OpenAI, Now Available to Meet in Second Life Horizon Worlds Has Powerful Features, Says Former Meta Dev — But Meta Isn't Giving the Platform's Creator Community Enough Visibility The Subtle Power of PBR in Second Life is Much More Than Mirrors What Virtual…
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VRChat Guide: Five of the Best Brain-Melting Worlds to Explore Second Life Mobile Update: Latest Version Fixes Android 13 Issue — And Now Allows Access to All SL Sims of All Maturity Ratings Roblox to Offer Steam-Like Revenue Share to Game Developers for Their PC-Based Roblox Experiences Primfeed Stats: In First 2 Months, Social Network…
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Here's Why the Metaverse Works, Leading to Massive Platforms Like Roblox, Fortnite & Many More Linden Lab Launches "Combat 2.0", Red vs. Blue Team FPS Map in Second Life. Featuring Fiercely Fighting Furries. UPDATE: It's a Showcase of LSL Combat2 Now Rolling Out Across SL. Ted Chiang, Acclaimed Literary Author & Microsoft Technical Writer, Succinctly…
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