Immersive virtual reality experiences can reproduce visual hallucination effects, miming those induced by the use of psychedelic substances. This is the result of an experimental study published in ...

Movies are a visual medium. That little cliche nugget of wisdom about cinema that people like to bandy around has been stuck in my head after watching two romances back to back this week Obviously, ...

Forward-looking: Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have developed a microphone that doesn't detect air vibrations like traditional models. Instead, it captures light reflected from ...

Researchers have created a microphone that listens with light instead of sound. Unlike traditional microphones, this visual microphone captures tiny vibrations on the surfaces of objects caused by ...

Learn how to create a paper outline mixed media effect in After Effects. This tutorial guides you through adding hand-drawn outlines and textured layers for a unique, artistic look. #AfterEffects ...

To Scandinavia’s Sami people, the Northern Lights inspire fear and respect. Children should never tease the lights, elders have said, lest the aurora swoop down and carry them into the skies. Inuit ...

A round of applause, please: Scientists have finally figured out what’s behind the sound of clapping. The research pinpoints a mechanism called a Helmholtz resonator — the same acoustic concept that ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Fans of Wicked certainly felt a stirring when the film finally got to the musical's best-known song, Defying Gravity, but they probably didn't notice ...

Sound effects are some of the most underappreciated aspects of cinema. Indeed, the visual nature of film as a medium often ensures that sound is taken for granted, particularly when it comes to ...

“Dune: Part Two” led all films in nominations for the 233 annual VES Awards, the Visual Effects Society announced on Tuesday. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic received seven nominations in the VES ...

'The Wild Robot' is the top animated contender. By Beatrice Verhoeven Awards Editor “The artistry, ingenuity and passion of visual effects practitioners around the world have come together to create ...