New World Notes: Top Four Posts Including VRChat Volleyball and the Coming of AI-Driven Mesh Generators

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Monday, February 24, 2025

Top Four Posts Including VRChat Volleyball and the Coming of AI-Driven Mesh Generators

Meta's Horizon Worlds $50M Creator Fund Yet Another Deep Misunderstanding of How Metaverse Platforms Work
New VRChat-Based Volleyball Game Is So Playable, It Has a Player League & Live Sportscasts. So I Interviewed the Creator!
What Will Virtual World Economies Do With Image-to-3D Mesh Conversion AI Programs Coming Soon?
Grand Theft Auto VI Becoming Grand Theft Metaverse Like My Book Predicted? I'm Checking on Early Reports

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