As one reader recently noted, New World Notes has a new banner -- a pic of Localhost, a new-ish cityscape in Sinespace with a very interesting story about its creation. (Full image below.)
Know of other impressive virtual world places that should be featured in the same spot? Send me an image in Comments or on New World Notes' Discord (#cool-virtual-locations) with info on the place, the host platform/world -- Second Life, OpenSim, VRChat, Sinespace, Rec Room, Minecraft, ROBLOX, basically any world I have or should feature on NWN -- along with details for accessing it. If I get enough submissions, this will become a weekly/monthly feature!
As you asked on twitter, the link to Hiraya in SL:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bedstraw/95/124/54
It's run by Rydia Lacombe and a few others as a federated community (much like East River), it spans multiple regions and recently started expanding to cover all of Bedstraw and parts of Datana, as well as existing as a larger community that extends to Cisthene, Amella, Tersa and Gibbosa.
Posted by: Nodoka Hanamura | Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 01:57 PM
Lavender Lake, currently hosting a Air Balloon Festival (with balloon rezzers free to use) https://www.flickr.com/photos/caitlintobias/50871331628/in/dateposted/
Slurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tonal%20Destination/8/251/29
Posted by: Caitlin Tobias | Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 02:05 PM
Ah crap - forgot the flickr source for the picture I sent you as well.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nodokahanamura/50262580637/in/dateposted/
Posted by: Nodoka Hanamura | Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 02:14 PM
Thanks and thanks, plz keep them coming!
Posted by: Wagner James Au | Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 03:50 PM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135474925@N05/49799550051/in/dateposted/
Posted by: blip mumfuzz | Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 10:44 AM
*Grins*
Posted by: Joey1058 | Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 01:00 PM
I second the Lavender Lake and Tonarino suggestions. Drune seems to be gone again, but you can search Flickr for that word and you'll see...
Posted by: Valentina Kendal | Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 02:56 PM
Thanks and thanks!
Blip, Tonarino looks super cool! Got a Slurl, info on the sim?
Posted by: Wagner James Au | Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 09:46 PM
Hi there. Its great your writing about VR spaces. Mine is a Chinese/Japanese themed space that contains artwork by popular artist Jessica Watts. We do festivals and events and will be welcoming people in the space for chinese new year from today onwards. For other events, all people have to do is follow my twitter for notification. Much thanks. Here is my photostream on flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/192099544@N06/
Also people can access my space by going to: https://sine.space/embed#/
and searching for "Dengta Dojos"
Posted by: Jlvr_n | Monday, February 08, 2021 at 03:00 PM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/caitlintobias/50940144818/in/dateposted/
Golgothica, by Hera - a fantasy roleplay region
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blissful%20Summer/131/128/3048
Posted by: Caitlin Tobias | Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 05:22 PM