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Cajsa's Favorite Second Life Images of 2023 -- Plus Several More Selections to See Before 2024!

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

To celebrate my favorite Second Life images of 2023, check out this gallery I put together above. 

This got me thinking of all the pictures I wanted to feature this year but didn’t -- until now. These are some of the best that didn’t make it to my columns. 

So for some more images that deserve a look this year, click here:

My Top 10 Favorite Posts of 2023, Including: Amazing Metaverse Creations, a Debate on AI & Human Culture, and a Chat With Philip Rosedale

Alongside The Book and guest my essays for The Atlantic ("There Will Never Be Another Second Life"), Fast Company ("Neal Stephenson isn’t giving up on the metaverse—or crypto") and VentureBeat ("What went wrong with ‘the Metaverse’? An insider’s postmortem"), here's my favorite 2023 posts for New World Notes:

• APRIL: ChatGPT Comes To Second Life! Inside A Giant, Humanoid Bunny.

• MAY: The Insider & Ed Zitron's "Obituary" To The Metaverse Is Actually A Zombie Horde Of Embarrassing Half-Truths

• JULY: Philip Rosedale & Me Chat About The Rise Of AI, VisionPro, And Making A Metaverse That Matters (Watch above) 

Seven more below the cut!

 

My Top 10 Most Read & Featured Posts in 2023, including ChatGPT in the Metaverse, Second Life on Mobile, and Borges in VRChat

• Richard Bartle, Top Virtual World Expert, Tries Explaining Core Problems With NFT & Blockchain At A Crypto Conference. It Does Not Go Well.
• BREAKING: First Test Viewer Of Crystal Frost, Unity-Based Second Life Viewer
• AI Expert Explains How ChatGPT Really Works -- And Why It's Designed To Produce "The Most Mediocre Web Content You Can Imagine"
• BREAKING: Official Second Life IOS/Android Mobile App On Unity Revealed "With Joy & Trepidation"
• ChatGPT Comes To Second Life! Inside A Giant, Humanoid Bunny. (Featured in The Atlantic here)
• Dear Zuck: The Metaverse Doesn’t Need Your Ultra-Realistic IRL Avatars
• Second Life's Human Avatars Have Become Amazingly Ultra-Realistic Over The Years -- Even If That Hasn't Grown The User Base At All.
• The Nightmarishly Infinite Library Of Babel Has Haunted People For Decades. Now Borges' Impossible Vision Exists In VRChat. (Featured on Boing Boing here)
• Watch: Second Life Featured In Secret Meeting In Apple TV's Morning Show!
• Linden Lab Says "Spicy Adult-Friendly Bedroom Secrets" Coming To Second Life In 2024. It's A Sign Of Changing Times!

Cajsa's Five Favorite Posts of 2023, Featuring Historical & Cinematic Cosplay, Sad Robots, and the Buskers of Second Life

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

My favorite columns of 2023 start with this early one featuring that magnificent photo by Zakk Bifrandt. He kindly explained here how he shot this picture. His account has since been deleted, so this is what remains of his fabulous work. 

For more of my favorite columns click here: