A group of media psychologists at the University of Cologne, led by Professor Dr. Kai Kaspar has examined the effects of presenting environmental protection documentaries by way of 360° virtual ...

Virality can feel like unpredictable magic, and sometimes it is. Not every moment can be engineered. But after creating multiple videos that have earned hundreds of millions of views, I’ve learned ...

Digitally altered and AI-generated videos, dubbed “deepfakes,” have existed for years and have recently seen drastic improvements. Those videos, mixed with the extreme reach of social media and ...

Christopher Ren does a solid Elon Musk impression. Ren is a product manager at Reality Defender, a company that makes tools to combat AI disinformation. During a video call last week, I watched him ...

The use of computer-generated images is a given in science fiction movies and TV shows. The Oscars even have a specific category dedicated to it. Whether it is the dinosaurs of Jurassic World wreaking ...

Courtesy of easy access to powerful AI video generation models, such as ChatGPT’s Sora 2 and Google Gemini’s Veo 3, it takes only a few seconds to make realistic videos (with audio) and post them ...

Veteran mountain climber Ben Webster has traversed Mount Everest before, but it’s a whole new ball game this time, when, for the first time, each climber on his Team Discovery will have footage shot ...

A team of international researchers has developed an AI system capable of reimagining live video streams into stylized content in near real-time. The new technology, called Live2Diff, processes live ...

Nature documentaries presented as 360 virtual reality videos have a stronger positive effect than other forms of media, including an indirect effect on donation intentions. A group of media ...