Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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- Welcome to New World Notes’ 2006-2025 Archive!
- Virtual World Usage Stats from S&P Global Market Intelligence — Plus VRChat & Second Life Specifics!
- 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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An Author Darkly: Last Years Of Philip K. Dick Remembered By Friends Jonathan Lethem, Tim Powers & Linda Levy, "Dark-Haired Girl" Muse To PKD Primfeed, Social Network / Flickr Alternative For Second Life Users, Gains 8000 Members In First 24 Hours. Firestorm Team Finally Adds PBR To Second Life's Most Popular Viewer; User Reaction Is…
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What VRChat's 30% Staff Layoff Means For The Future Of The Platform Watch How Second Life Footage Can Be Transformed Through AI Enhancement Equimake Update: Free, Real-Time 3D Group Creation On Web Platform Adds User Presence "Avatars" & 900 Free-To-Use Unreal Assets With Real Time Mirrors Officially Part Of Second Life, Here's A Tutorial For…
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Above: Dr. Diaz talks with someone who formerly trolled them Second Life's Flickr Community Celebrates Pride Month In Dazzling Imagery Flickr Is Not Targeting Second Life Users, Company's Community Manager Says — And Shares Policies SLers In Particular Should Follow WATCH: Tiny Glade Offers A Better, AI-Powered But No-Prompt Model Of 3D World Creation Working…
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Image featuring PBR by Terry Fotherington Welcome Equimake: New Platform For Free, Real-Time Collaborative 3D Creation On Web, Now A New World Notes Partner! PBR Coming To Firestorm "In Weeks" — And It Will Make Second Life A Much More Game-Like Experience, Explains Firestorm Dev Please Join My Patreon For Exclusive Articles & Special Benefits,…
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Equimake is a seriously cool, free-to-use platform for collaborative real-time 3D creation on the web partly inspired by my book; starting next month, I'm proud to announce Equimake is a sponsoring media partner to New World Notes! Created by Canadian developer Alexander Yevsyeyev, you can not only share, create, and script interactive 3D scenes with others,…
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SL Merchants: Please Take This Short Anonymous Survey On The Second Life Economy For My Upcoming Report! How Immersive Virtual Worlds Can Transform People For The Better: Excerpt, Making A Metaverse That Matters Kickstart This: Update A Groundbreaking Mixed Reality Hide-And-Seek For IOS/Android — Jim "Babbage" Purbrick Is Helping Develop! WATCH ChatGPT Generate Working Terrain…
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Two Best Practices For Building Virtual Worlds — Excerpt, Making A Metaverse That Matters How Will AI Change Storytelling In Games? Leigh Alexander & Writers For Divinity: Original Sin 2 & Deus Ex Have Nuanced Takes What Questions Should I Ask SL Content Creators In My Upcoming Report Of The Virtual World's UGC Economy? Cajsa's…
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Exploring Wolf Grid, OpenSim World With AI Integration & Other Innovations. Only 3 Years Old, Its Landmass Is Already Larger Than Second Life. HoloBike: New VR-Free Virtual World For Exercise Bikes Launches On Kickstarter Successful Mixed Reality Social Experiences Need A Shared Virtual Workspace Why Crack Den Keeps Thriving: Community Members Share Stories (And IRL…
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Linden Lab Updates Policies Around Ageplay, Favoritism, Community Relations After Investigation WATCH: Teal's Amazing New Machinima Devoted To Crack Den, The Second Life-Based Urban Roleplay MMO With A Deep & Detailed Story Designing Good Mixed Reality Social Experiences With Vision Pro's Ghostly Personas Wishlist Life By You On Steam / Epic: Ambitious Sandbox Sim From…
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Vision Pro Developer: Don't Expect An Apple IPhone-Level Launch When It's More Like Apple Lisa. Try Equimake: Real-Time, Multi-User Collaborative Building — On The Web! As A Writer, I Don't Feel Threatened By ChatGPT — It Can't Even Accurately Summarize My Own Writing! Linden Lab Payment Spinoff Tilia Acquired By Fintech Company Thunes; Second Life…
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