But Long-Known Best Practices Were Not Prioritized If you’ve been following the news about Facebook/Meta’s metaverse project lately, you’ll recall the slew of bad press when a female user was sexually assaulted in Horizon Worlds, leading the company to hastily add an avatar “boundary” system. And if you’ve been following virtual world/metaverse development for any … Continue reading
Good comment from Dee, one of many Second Life users welcoming back Philip Rosedale to advising the virtual world he founded: I am MUCH more optimistic than I have been for a while where SL is concerned. I hope that Philips’ return will bring renewed enthusiasm and fresh ideas that are outside the Linden Lab … Continue reading
Second Life creator Philip Rosedale wants to prevent the Facebook-ization of virtual reality. Photograph: Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images The metaverse, you may have heard, is the next big thing: an ever-present social cyberspace in which people—or their digital avatars—will work, hang out, and shop. As it happens, this was also the next … Continue reading
Shock Stat: 1600 Second Life Community Creators Make $10,000+ Per Year from their Virtual Content — Despite Working on a Much Larger Platform, Far Fewer Creators on ROBLOX Make That Rate From ROBLOX’s 2020 IPO stock filing This passage from my podcast with Philip Rosedale last week seriously deserves its own post — where Philip … Continue reading
Great News! Philip Rosedale Returns as Advisor, Along with Key Metaverse Assets to Help Fuel Growth SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13, 2022 — High Fidelity announced today that it acquired an interest in Linden Research, Inc. (“Linden Lab”), the pioneering developer of the virtual world Second Life. The deal includes a cash investment and distributed computing … Continue reading
New World Notes Metaverse Predictions for 2022: Likely Partnerships / Acquisitions, VR Headset Sales, Scandals & Much More New World Notes Better publish them now before we get even deeper into 2022: Apple will not announce AR/VR products this year. I still fail to see why Apple would risk its brand on a still-niche product … Continue reading