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ing real quick. Without structure
and organization it would be
difficult to manage SLE or get involved with subsidiary projects.
I enjoy working with people who
take the time to get to know me
rather than pass responsibility
on to me and sit back benefitting from my efforts. I will put my
100% into a project if the other
party does the same. Those are
the type of people I will work
with on projects because I can
trust they will share equal responsibility.
NVM: What are your thoughts
on Occuls Rift tech and others
out there that are making virtual worlds more main stream and
how could that benefit a virtual
media company?
LJ: I think Occulus Rift is an interesting concept that will give people the ability to put themselves
inside the virtual world environment even more but I have mixed
feelings about it. We are already

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a culture of people who are constantly looking down at our smart
phones and locked into our computers while less time is being
spent actually talking to others in
our real world.
I think Occulus rift will isolate
people even more from their surroundings and responsibilities. I
see new technologies designed
to keep people addicted to gaming and virtual worlds creating a
new host of issues if not used in
a responsible way. I’m interested
to see what will happen but I’m in
no hurry to see the changes that
will happen in Second Life when
the Sansar project is launched.
NVM: Will SLE be going to the
new Second Life platform and
continuing to still have a presence here on SL 1?
LJ: At this point, I have no interest in abandoning Second life for
SL 2.0. As I’ve said in other interviews, I am going down with this
ship. Second Life is my virtual

home and this is where I will remain
covering the culture. Some people
may think I’m making a big mistake
not moving on to the new virtual
world but by the time the community is established, boredom will set
in and resident will either find new
things to do elsewhere or come
back to SL… if it still exists.
NVM: Finally what can we expect
from SLE in 2016?
LJ: I really don’t pre plan what I am
going to do with SLE. It is not like
an in-world Magazine that has to
preplan their features. I go with the
times as they happen and create
topics based on that. We will just
have to see what news happens in
2016!
NVM: Lanai thank you it’s always a
pleasure to catch up with and what
you are working on. Happy Holidays.
LJ: You’re Welcome it was a pleasure and happy holidays to you too!