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 ...

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 ...

If you had $2 for each of Bon Jovi's 68.5 million RIAA-certified units, you'd be able to afford Jon Bon Jovi's Nashville bar, which was just listed for sale a little over a year after it opened. You ...

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 ...

Messy, overheated, self-indulgent, divisive, and literally seminal, Metallica’s 1996 album lacked only a colossal 301-song, five-LP, 15-CD, four-DVD box set reissue. “All preconceived and preexisting ...

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”: ...

The video introducing Google’s new design language starts with a pull-to-refresh animation that turns “Material 3” into “Material 3 Expressive,” with the sequence introducing the new loading indicator ...

Bethesda games are known for their sometimes lengthy loading screens. At a time when developers are aiming for as little loading as possible, it remains a big part of the Bethesda game experience.

After an eight-month renovation, the King Cole Bar shines with an updated menu and alluring interior, making it the No. 1 hotel bar in the U.S. in the 2025 Global Tastemakers Awards. Brad Japhe is a ...

A creatine loading phase is when a person takes a higher dose than the maintenance level for several days. Proponents suggest this saturates the muscles with creatine, allowing people to experience ...