Editorial: Dealing with Conflict on the RyanSchultz.com Discord Server

Overall, creating the RyanSchultz.com Discord server was one of the better decisions I’ve made. At the moment, after a little over a year of operation, I have 365 members who discuss, deliberate, and debate any and all issues related to social VR, virtual worlds, and the metaverse. Quite often, they come up with good ideas … Continue reading Editorial: Dealing with Conflict on the RyanSchultz.com Discord Server

NEW! A Discord Server for RyanSchultz.com Readers

I’ve decided to emulate a couple of bloggers whom I know (Strawberry Singh and Wagner James Au), and I have set up my own Discord server, an online community especially for RyanSchultz.com readers! The focus will be the same as the tagline of this blog states: news and views on social VR, virtual worlds, and … Continue reading NEW! A Discord Server for RyanSchultz.com Readers

Editorial: New Year, New Directions—Why I Am Substantially Cutting Back on My Coverage of Second Life, and Refocusing the RyanSchultz.com Blog on Virtual Reality and Social VR

When I started this blog in July of 2017, I had never intended to become a Second Life blogger. There were hundreds of other bloggers out there who were doing a far better job than I could of covering Second Life, and they still are! Throw in the Facebook groups, Discord servers, and YouTube channels, … Continue reading Editorial: New Year, New Directions—Why I Am Substantially Cutting Back on My Coverage of Second Life, and Refocusing the RyanSchultz.com Blog on Virtual Reality and Social VR

The RyanSchultz.com Blog Celebrates Five Years!

It was exactly five years ago today—on July 31st, 2017—that I wrote my first blogpost on this blog. It was to announce the public beta of the social VR platform Sansar, which at the time was owned by Linden Lab (the makers of the still-popular virtual world, Second Life). At the time, this blog was … Continue reading The RyanSchultz.com Blog Celebrates Five Years!