Ryan Schultz

Well, I was going to write my next blogpost about how I am using Claude AI and Undermind to research my OER textbook on the metaverse, but then I lay down on the sofa and pulled up Google News on my trusty iPad, only to see much hullabaloo about Meta’s new

Narcissus, oil painting by Baroque artist Caravaggio, depicting Narcissus gazing upon the water after falling in love with his own reflection.

Like many other people, I have known Carlos Austin for as long as I have active in social virtual reality.

An example of a MUD (Multi-User Dungeon), an early text-based virtual world Yesterday, Labour Day, marks the traditional end of summer here in Canada.

I have already noted that we appear to be in a period I am calling a “metaverse winter,” where virtual worlds in general, and social VR/AR in particular, are limping along or even shutting down.

You might remember that I said I had had a hard drive crash on my Windows desktop PC in May of 2025, which (among other things) put my Valve Index PCVR headset out of commission until recently.

Many of you might remember that in May 2025, I had a hard drive crash that, among other things, disabled my Valve Index PCVR headset.

I forget exactly how or when I found this piece of Heated Rivalry fan art, but I love it.

May, June, and July were a roller coaster.

Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash One of the advantages of having a blog that is branded with your own name is that anything you write is topical.

My mother recently passed away in her local community hospital, surrounded by her family.

Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning’s storm was the worst I have ever experienced in my life It was at work Tuesday afternoon around 4:00 p.m. when a coworker came over to my office cubicle to tell me that a Tornado Watch had been issued for Winnipeg.

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Please note: none of this blogpost was written or edited using GenAI; this is me, Ryan Schultz—and yes, as a matter of fact, I do use em-dashes (see what I just did there?