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New World Notes: Survey: Nearly 1 in 4 Second Life Merchants Make $50,000 or More a Year from the Virtual World nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/06/...
Survey: Nearly 1 in 4 Second Life Merchants Make $50,000 or More a Year from the Virtual World
22% of SL merchants surveyed in my 2025 state of the Second Life economy report-- nearly 1 in 4 -- earn real life income-levels of revenue from their Second Life content. By "real life income", I mean...
nwn.blogs.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New World Notes: Survey: Nearly 1 in 4 Second Life Merchants Make $50,000 or More a Year from the Virtual World nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/06/...
How Virtual Reality Could Dismantle Gender Bias | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/vrtu...
How Virtual Reality Could Dismantle Gender Bias
Can stepping into a different body in virtual reality change our gender bias? A surprising study suggests it just might.
www.psychologytoday.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
How Virtual Reality Could Dismantle Gender Bias | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/vrtu...
New World Notes: All About Aperture: Why William Weaver Created a Whole New Way of Seeing Second Life nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/05/...
All About Aperture: Why William Weaver Created a Whole New Way of Seeing Second Life
Originally published on my Patreon. Since then, Weaver tells me Aperture has been downloaded over 1500 times and has been added to Linden Lab's official Third Party Viewer Directory What you're watchi...
nwn.blogs.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New World Notes: All About Aperture: Why William Weaver Created a Whole New Way of Seeing Second Life nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/05/...
New World Notes: Linden Lab Launches Creator Partnership Program to Help Grow Second Life -- Including Creators Outside SL Ecosystem nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/04/...
Linden Lab Launches Creator Partnership Program to Help Grow Second Life -- Including Creators Outside SL Ecosystem
Another piece of Linden Lab's strategy to grow the Second Life user base was just revealed: We’re excited to unveil the Creator Partnership Program, a new initiative that invites our talented creator ...
nwn.blogs.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New World Notes: Linden Lab Launches Creator Partnership Program to Help Grow Second Life -- Including Creators Outside SL Ecosystem nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/04/...
Bluesky Gains Twitter-Like Message Reactions and New Search Page - MacRumors www.macrumors.com/2025/04/11/b...
Bluesky Gains Twitter-Like Message Reactions and New Search Page
Bluesky is rolling out a new update introducing features that might ease the transition for social media users coming over from X (Twitter). First...
www.macrumors.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Bluesky Gains Twitter-Like Message Reactions and New Search Page - MacRumors www.macrumors.com/2025/04/11/b...
It’s Nearly Mega Events Season – Thinking Outside the Plywood Box altathiemen.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/i...
It’s Nearly Mega Events Season
Every year, I look forward to spring and early summer in Second Life. This is not just because I hope to escape the smothering clouds of pollen that are about to settle on my RL, but because itR…
altathiemen.wordpress.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It’s Nearly Mega Events Season – Thinking Outside the Plywood Box altathiemen.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/i...
Nature’s Painkiller: How Virtual Scenes Ease Pain in the Brain - Neuroscience News neurosciencenews.com/natures-pain...?
Nature’s Painkiller: How Virtual Scenes Ease Pain in the Brain - Neuroscience News
Viewing natural scenes can significantly reduce how people perceive pain, a new neuroimaging study has found.
neurosciencenews.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Nature’s Painkiller: How Virtual Scenes Ease Pain in the Brain - Neuroscience News neurosciencenews.com/natures-pain...?
NHS Continues to Pioneer VR Patient Care - XR Today www.xrtoday.com/virtual-real...
NHS Continues to Pioneer VR Patient Care - XR Today
XR Today reports on the latest extended reality news from around the globe, including virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.
www.xrtoday.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NHS Continues to Pioneer VR Patient Care - XR Today www.xrtoday.com/virtual-real...
Technology breakthrough as new device lets you taste cake in virtual reality - Manchester Evening News www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Technology breakthrough as new device lets you taste cake in virtual reality
From cake to coffee to fish soup, the new device could enhance our perception of taste
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Technology breakthrough as new device lets you taste cake in virtual reality - Manchester Evening News www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Apple pulls encryption feature from UK over government spying demands | The Verge www.theverge.com/news/617273/...
Apple pulls encryption feature from UK over government spying demands
Soon no UK iCloud backups will be end-to-end encrypted.
www.theverge.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Apple pulls encryption feature from UK over government spying demands | The Verge www.theverge.com/news/617273/...
Last Week in Bluesky – 2025feb.c – The Fediverse Report fediversereport.com/last-week-in...
Last Week in Bluesky – 2025feb.c
Social platforms are not, and can not, be neutral in a context of authoritarianism, and Bluesky cannot avoid this dynamic either. On a lighter note, many experiments with building image and video clie...
fediversereport.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Last Week in Bluesky – 2025feb.c – The Fediverse Report fediversereport.com/last-week-in...
NHS Pushes Forward with Multi-Million Virtual Reality Training Project - XR Today www.xrtoday.com/virtual-real...
NHS Pushes Forward with Multi-Million Virtual Reality Training Project - XR Today
XR Today reports on the latest extended reality news from around the globe, including virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.
www.xrtoday.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NHS Pushes Forward with Multi-Million Virtual Reality Training Project - XR Today www.xrtoday.com/virtual-real...
The Death of the Internet and the Rebirth of Many to Come theology.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of the Internet and the Rebirth of Many to Come
AI-derived content has taken over the internet and it’s unstoppable. What comes next?
theology.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The Death of the Internet and the Rebirth of Many to Come theology.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla | Live Science www.livescience.com/space/astron...?
Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla
Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.
www.livescience.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla | Live Science www.livescience.com/space/astron...?
Second Life’s loyal users embrace its decaying software and no-fun imperfections www.documentjournal.com/2024/05/seco...
Second Life’s loyal users embrace its decaying software and no-fun imperfections
Inside the multiplayer virtual world of furries, glitchy landscapes, and digital slumlords, for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue
www.documentjournal.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Second Life’s loyal users embrace its decaying software and no-fun imperfections www.documentjournal.com/2024/05/seco...
The second wave of immersive institutions has arrived—how can traditional museums and galleries harness their power? - The Art Newspaper - International art news and events www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/29/t...
The second wave of immersive institutions has arrived—how can traditional museums and galleries harness their power?
Museums and galleries have a fresh opportunity to work with a new type of digital art venue that is spreading around the world, with the power to tell interactive stories of cultural heritage to multi...
www.theartnewspaper.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The second wave of immersive institutions has arrived—how can traditional museums and galleries harness their power? - The Art Newspaper - International art news and events www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/29/t...
Welcome to the era of gangster tech regulation - The Verge www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24...
Welcome to the era of gangster tech regulation
Trump has offered tech a way to buy itself out of consequences.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Welcome to the era of gangster tech regulation - The Verge www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24...
Survey reveals public demand for virtual reality museum experiences - Museums Association www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
Survey reveals public demand for virtual reality museum experiences - Museums Association
Digitisation of collections could improve accessibility and attract younger audiences
www.museumsassociation.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Survey reveals public demand for virtual reality museum experiences - Museums Association www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
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- Fireside Chat with Philip Rosedale - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ1o...
OSCC24 day2 4pm - Fireside Chat with Philip Rosedale
YouTube video by AvaCon Inc
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December 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM
- Fireside Chat with Philip Rosedale - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ1o...
Political cartoonists on facing Donald Trump, again: 'There is no consensus reality anymore' - The Comics Journal www.tcj.com/political-ca...
Political cartoonists on facing Donald Trump, again: 'There is no consensus reality anymore' - The Comics Journal
Shrinking newspaper circulations. Social media morass. First amendment rights. Zach Rabiroff talks to a variety of cartoonists about all that and more as we head into a second Donald Trump administrat...
www.tcj.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Political cartoonists on facing Donald Trump, again: 'There is no consensus reality anymore' - The Comics Journal www.tcj.com/political-ca...
Mastodon’s CEO and creator is handing control to a new nonprofit organization - The Verge www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
Mastodon’s CEO and creator is handing control to a new nonprofit organization
Mastodon says the decentralized network ‘should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.’
www.theverge.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mastodon’s CEO and creator is handing control to a new nonprofit organization - The Verge www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24...
Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/g...?
Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking | TechCrunch
Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S. since Meta CEO Mark
techcrunch.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/g...?
Innovate UK Offering Up to £3.7M for XR Mental Health Projects www.auganix.org/xr-news-inno...
Innovate UK Offering Up to £3.7M for XR Mental Health Projects
Innovate UK’s ‘Mindset Programme’ competition is offering up to £3.7 million for XR mental health projects | AR, VR and MR News from Auganix.org
www.auganix.org
January 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Innovate UK Offering Up to £3.7M for XR Mental Health Projects www.auganix.org/xr-news-inno...
With the rise of AI, web crawlers are suddenly controversial - The Verge www.theverge.com/24067997/rob...
The rise and fall of robots.txt
As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.
www.theverge.com
December 29, 2024 at 12:45 PM
With the rise of AI, web crawlers are suddenly controversial - The Verge www.theverge.com/24067997/rob...
RLX Outfit Mesh Clothing: The Blender Add-On Revolutionizing Clothing Creation in Second Life › I Love Events www.iloveevents.online/rlx-outfit-m...
RLX Outfit Mesh Clothing: The Blender Add-On Revolutionizing Clothing Creation in Second Life › I Love Events
The RLX Outfit Mesh Clothing add-on, in beta version, has been released for Blender versions 3.6 and 4.2. It is called Mesh Clothing and is a Blender add-on
www.iloveevents.online
December 29, 2024 at 12:09 PM
RLX Outfit Mesh Clothing: The Blender Add-On Revolutionizing Clothing Creation in Second Life › I Love Events www.iloveevents.online/rlx-outfit-m...