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Excited to share this great podcast chat with Dominique W. about "Making a Metaverse That Matters" (links below)! In this section we're talking about my profile of "LAGurlz", a woman from Jamaica who discovered Roblox as a young teen and now in her early 20s, is co-creating some of the most popular game experiences on the platform. Her hit game "Starving Artist" has been visited nearly 400 MILLION times. Much more below!

Happy Monday, here's the latest from New World Notes including a look at low Vision Pro usage, a backlash against AI-enhanced avatars, and the OG metaverse platform finally going mobile: https://lnkd.in/gxnUEunH

New MMO from Raph Koster & Playable Worlds just unveiled -- Stars Reach, a sandbox MMO sim! And as we discussed at GamesBeat last November, it's a smart, integral first step to Raph's metaverse strategy. 👇 https://lnkd.in/gax8rrF6

NEW: Excited to publish this one year anniversary afterword to "Making a Metaverse That Matters", free to everyone on my new Patreon! Much about the Metaverse has changed since June 2023, while much has remained constant -- especially mass user growth. Featuring thoughts from Avi Bar-Zeev, Matthew Ball, and many others, a new platform usage chart, and a look at FOUR upcoming metaverse platforms, I hope you give it a look -- and consider subscribing to my Patreon, to help me continue telling this still-evolving story! (Plus get bonus benefits.) Read, join, subscribe: https://lnkd.in/gzc5Ffmi

Hear me out! Ideal listening for the Summer, the Audiobooks version of "Making a Metaverse That Matters" is 60% until July 7! 👇 https://lnkd.in/gHVVDXDp

"Excitement over ChatGPT, coupled to its deceptively open-ended chat interface — implying it can answer any prompt equally well — has led to numerous applications that actually require more cognitive burden, not less... it's like giving someone a Swiss army knife when a screwdriver will do."