In games, nothing breaks player flow like a loading screen, and in virtual reality this problem is amplified tenfold. ‘Presence’ or ‘immersion’, the magical yet fragile feeling of ‘being there’, is ...

Longtime English studio Splash Damage is facing an uncertain future as it begins a consultation process that will affect all staff and likely lead to layoffs. On November 26, Splash Damage publicly ...

Splash the otter was bored. So, he did what any intelligent mammal with dexterous paws would do. He pushed his plastic sleeping crate across the room and up against the door. Splash then hopped onto ...

What’s happened? A new study from Stanford challenges one of the internet’s biggest assumptions that faster always means better. Researchers have found that speeding up loading animations doesn’t ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Not even triple-digit temperatures could keep EDM fans away from Palm Springs this weekend. From Friday, Aug. 8 through Sunday, Aug. 10 (and then all over again the following weekend), party people ...

Just a couple of years ago, a study found that American pickup trucks had, on average, gained about 1,300 pounds since the 1990s. Today’s trucks are bigger, heavier and more powerful than ever before, ...

You click on a product page and wait seconds just to see the first image load. But why didn’t the image load? Because it might have been lazy-loaded. Lazy loading ...

Things have never been easy for Metallica’s 1996 album Load, a multiplatinum record nobody ever admits to liking, especially the band’s most avid fans. In early 1995, Metallica had a “good problem”: ...

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take ...