Just got word that Life by You, The Sims-meets-Second Life-meets-Garry's Mod sandbox simulation lead developed by Rod Humble, is now available for wishlisting in the run-up for its June 2024 earl...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/second-life-life-by-you-rod-humble-paradox.html
In case you missed it, watch king tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee being the first person to get a hands-on (feet on?) demo Disney's HoloTile, created by Imagineer inventor Lanny Smoot. Basically, ...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/lanny-smoot-holotile-vr-disney.html
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Jamiencells Stories (GlitterPrincess Destiny) is an extraordinary artist in Second Life. “Butterflies Are -...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/jamiencells-stories-sl-flickr-art.html
Following up on a reader's comment to my rant about ChatGPT totally botching my writing, I went with their suggestion to try Microsoft's Copilot instead. I asked the same question, "What is Wagne...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/microsoft-copilot-llm-chatgpt-comparison.html
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...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/sl-vr-chatgpt-metaverse-news-.html
You've probably read rumors that Apple has lowered production numbers of the Vision Pro due to low demand, but a former senior developer of the Vision Pro sees things differently. Avi Bar-Zeev le...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/vision-pro-slow-sales-avi-bar-zeev.html
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Aisha Cahir has a lovely blog called My Decor World featuring decor, of course. I love 1728 Farm which she ju...
Thanks to host Tim Verheyden, here's my segments on The Digital Dilemma, a TV series from Belgium's public TV network. Most of it's in Dutch, but hopefully the YouTube subtitle AI works. (Belgian...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/the-digital-dilemma-metaverse-wagner-james-au.html
Now that ChatGPT is openly available online, I've been checking in on the system's knowledge of virtual worlds -- and yep, it's still confused. And worse it's actively confusing what I've written...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/why-writers-hate-chatgpt.html
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Little Whale’s “Monsoon” is enough to take my breath away. First, it's beautiful. Second, it’s terrif...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/little-whale-sl-flickr.html
Equimake is a new indie platform which enables live, multi-user collaborative 3D building on the web. Just launched in early beta, it's the passion project of Canadian developer Alexander Yevsyey...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/equimake-real-time-3d-collaboration-web.html
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting A’s “Aurel” was such a surprise to see because my best friend and I had been discussing megalodons just...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/sharks-megalodons-second-life-flickr.html
Tilia, Linden Lab's spinoff company for processing virtual currency to real money payments in Second Life, Upland (more here), VRChat (more here), and other virtual worlds, was recently acquired ...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/linden-lab-thune-sl-payments.html
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Jane Bang has the cutest avatar. I was browsing and I could not stop smiling when I looked at this picture. A...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/jane-bang-sl-avatar-pics.html
Meta just announced Meta Horizon OS, which despite the name is not specifically about its metaverse platform Horizon Worlds, but actually its mixed reality operating system for Quest devices whic...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/android-xr-meta-horizon-os.html
Update, 4/24: SL usage analyst Tyche just told me: "The last equivalent figure I have is from Jan 2021 where Premium mainland owners was 68,409." So I've updated the Premium estimate accordingly!...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/sl-premium-mobile-iosandroid.html
CONFIRMED: Adam Schiff's Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act Would Apply To Video Games, Virtual Worlds & Metaverse Platforms Seeking Media / Business Partners As New World Notes Expands Reach...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/sl-vr-metaverse-3-body-adam-schiff-ai.html
Alchemy, a third party Second Life viewer with a cult following of a few thousand users (by the developer's estimate), recently added the new Physically Based Rendering (PBR) graphics effects. Wi...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/sl-alchemy-viewer-pbr.html
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Malina is a Flickr microblogger. She recently posted Tropical Bathroom from Chez Moi and I am jus...
If you've watched Netflix's new sci-fi series 3 Body Problem (and you should, it's excellent!) based on the novel by Liu Cixin, you probably wondered about the amazing virtual world that's a key ...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/3-body-problem-virtual-world-vr-rosedale-koster.html
ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm excited to say New World Notes' reach will be expanding its reach in the next month or two, and I'm looking for media partners who want to be part of that expansion. By media pa...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/wagner-james-au-media-partner.html
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting SL - Beauty of Sailing is a small group with just over 500 members who celebrate the sailing world. Sailing i...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/sl-sailing-flickr-group.html
Representative Adam Schiff recently announced the Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act, a bill that would require gen AI companies like Midjourney and OpenAI to disclose if any copyrighted work...
Now available in the Virtual Worlds Museum Books & Case Studies section: A downloadable copy of Richard Bartle's Designing Virtual Worlds, a milestone book in the history of the technology; first...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/bartle-virtual-worlds-museum.html
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Shui Shui posted “The Last Tree” just this morning. It’s a poignant image, beautiful with that single ...
https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/shui-shui-sl-flickr-art.html