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- Borges' infinite Library Of Babel with infinite books re-created in VRChat https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2023/10/borges-vrchat-metaverse-library-of-babel.html 4 comments
- Excited by hype, CEO tells staff to use ChatGPT to build database of diseases https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2023/04/chatgpt-hallucination-enterprise-use.html 6 comments
- Richard Bartle explains Web3's flaws at a Web3 conference. It doesn't go well https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2023/02/richard-bartle-crypto-circle-blockchain-nft-virtual-worlds.html 89 comments
- Dear media: Stop illustrating Metaverse articles with pics of people in VR https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2023/01/time-metaverse-wrong-cover.html 6 comments
- Meta staff's confidence in Metaverse and Zuckerberg explaining it drops sharply https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2023/01/meta-metaverse-blind-survey.html 3 comments
- Meta's new vision of the future doesn't mention “the metaverse” even once https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2022/12/meta-reality-labs-metaverse-bosworth.html 3 comments
- More People Own Items in Second Life Than Own NFTs https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2022/01/second-life-nft-ownership-rate.html 23 comments
- Richard Bartle releases his classic “Designing Virtual Worlds” book for free https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2021/08/richard-bartle-designing-virtual-worlds-free-book.html 57 comments
- With Oculus' mandatory Facebook policy, it's up to Congress or EFF to save VR https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2020/10/-facebook-oculus-eff.html 5 comments
- AOC's Twitch viewership already competitive with FOX and MSNBC ratings https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2020/10/aoc-gov-among-us-stream-youtube.html 2 comments
- Staff at Top Tech Companies Less Liberal Than Often Assumed, Biden survey https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2020/09/-blind-survey-trump-biden-tech-survey.html 5 comments
- Tech worker quarantined at home builds co-working space in Second Life https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2020/08/sl-work-space-pandemic.html 2 comments
- As Covid-19 response, Linden Lab discounts Second Life for schools/non-profits https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2020/03/sl-education-non-profit-discount.html 10 comments
- Brain-melting Unity demo becoming reality-creating puzzle game https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2020/02/matt-stark-viewfinder-unity-game.html 4 comments
- “Snowcrash” to be HBO series, compete with actual early Metaverses for viewers https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2019/12/neal-stephenson-snowcrash-metaverse-magic-leap-hbo-series.html 119 comments
- Blizzard employees strongly support punishing HK advocate, censorship – survey https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2019/10/blizzard-hong-kong-protest-hearthstone-blind-app.html 60 comments
- Real world location virtually recreated to scale in minutes [video] https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2019/08/volumetric-mirror-world-mapping-6d_ai.html 58 comments
- Things We Lost in the Flood: A Massively Multiplayer Loneliness Simulator https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2019/06/things-we-lost-in-the-flood-mmo-indie-game.html 46 comments
- Why “the Metaverse” needs gameplay and gameplay mechanics https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2019/06/philip-rosedale-metaverse-gameplay-mechanics.html 28 comments
- Afrofuturist Portraits Created with Deep Dream Algorithms https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2019/01/nettrice-gaskins-art-afrofuturist-kendrick-sade-nnedi-ai-deep-dream.html 14 comments
- Virtual Reality Version of Second Life with Open Source Code https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2019/01/windows-mixed-reality-firestorm-sl-vr-open-source.html 2 comments
- Tumblr Tagging Virtual Lesbian Images as “NSFW” – But Virtual Female Nipples OK? https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/12/sl-pics-tumblr-female-presenting-nipple-virtual.html 2 comments
- Facebook Use Has Been Dropping Since the 2016 Election, According to SimilarWeb http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/05/facebook-use-dropped-sharply-after-the-us-election.html 188 comments
- Facebook monthly visits down 5% in April http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/05/facebook-similarweb-cambridge-analytica.html 96 comments
- In 2017, VR Headset Shipments for Most Top Brands Went Down http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/01/vr-sales-shipments-2017-superdata.html 49 comments
- Facebook Blocks Internet Pioneer “R.U. Sirius” http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2015/10/ru-sirius-facebook-ken-goffman.html 169 comments
- When can humans make the VR/virtual world in Netflix's "3 Body Problem"? I asked Philip Rosedale and other experts https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2024/04/3-body-problem-virtual-world-vr-rosedale-koster.html 15 comments futurology
- Debate: How much will AI change movies & music? A writer says "some", an engineer says "all". https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2023/11/will-ai-transform-movies-music-debate.html 34 comments artificial
- Apple quietly promoting full VR applications on Vision Pro to devs in "mullet strategy" https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2023/06/apple-vision-pro-vr-metaverse-applicatons-wwdc-2023.html 3 comments apple
- Roblox hiring web3 engineer to put virtual world items & transactions on the blockchain https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2022/08/roblox-blockchain-web3-items.html 12 comments ethereum
- Richard Bartle releases his classic “Designing Virtual Worlds” book for free https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2021/08/richard-bartle-designing-virtual-worlds-free-book.html 4 comments gamedev
- Study: Virtual Reality Seems to Help Prime People to Have Lucid Dreams https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2020/12/vr-lucid-dreaming-experiment.html 7 comments science
- Facebook Use Has Been Steadily Dropping Since the 2016 US Election http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/05/facebook-use-dropped-sharply-after-the-us-election.html 44 comments worldnews
- Facebook estimate site numbers DD post-scandal, maybe we'll see decreased revenue next earnings. http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/05/facebook-similarweb-cambridge-analytica.html 13 comments wallstreetbets
- Facebook Loses 1.3 Billion Monthly Visits After Cambridge Analytica Scandal http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2018/05/facebook-similarweb-cambridge-analytica.html 9 comments technology
- Decentraland's Project Lead On Why The Ethereum-Powered Open Metaverse Uses Web VR Technologies -- And Isn't "Vaporware" http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2017/10/decentraland-virtual-world-mmo-ethereum-1.html 22 comments ethereum
- The Internet of Things Has Become an Existential Threat - Raph Koster http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2017/06/raph-koster-internet-threat-petya-ransomware.html 3 comments technology
- "How can Bitcoin be a revolutionary currency when it's actually used as a currency far less than Linden Dollars in Second Life?" http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2013/11/bitcoin-overhype.html 254 comments technology
- *Real Steel* for real (really.) http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2012/02/mocap-driven-robot-control-created-by-vr-researcher.html 16 comments robotics
- User Builds Artificial Ecosystems, Intelligence and Evolution in Second Life http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2006/05/god_game.html 2 comments reddit.com