Skyrim’s the Elder Scrolls V (screencaps by the author) We are a long way from the panning 8-bit landscapes of early video games into fully immersive other worlds that can be explored as places in ...

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All these years, YouTube has tried walking in the footsteps of TikTok to capture the attention of viewers who like short video content. YouTube Shorts is one of the biggest examples of this. Now, it ...

Instagram's video platform, IGTV, will now feature videos in landscape view along with its traditional portrait format. The addition of horizontal videos isn't just a new feature for IGTV -- it's a ...

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The news was confirmed by the Threads team after some users noticed the change. Previously, even if you tapped on a video within the Threads app to view it in full screen, the app wouldn’t rotate for ...

Instagram is no longer all-in on vertical video. The company announced today that its longform video offshoot, IGTV, will now support landscape video. Up until now, the company only supported vertical ...