#visual-morphing

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UX design
fromMedium
13 hours ago

"Vibe coding" is accelerating the erosion of design authority

Google Stitch impresses as a rapid interface generator but suffers from common flaws of vibe coding tools, including visual homogeneity and unrefined code.
#meta
fromFuturism
8 hours ago
Wearables

We Can't Even Imagine the Eating Disorders This New Meta Smart Glasses Feature Will Cause

Wearables
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Meta launches new 'prescription optimized' smart glasses

Meta has launched new prescription glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Optics Styles, featuring customizable fit and supporting nearly all prescriptions.
fromEngadget
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Facebook is offering Meta AI-powered animations for profile photos

Meta now adds AI-powered profile-photo animations and gen-AI Restyle for Stories and Memories, plus a standalone Vibes feed app for AI-generated content.
Wearables
fromFuturism
8 hours ago

We Can't Even Imagine the Eating Disorders This New Meta Smart Glasses Feature Will Cause

Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses may exacerbate eating disorders with features that track and log food intake automatically.
Wearables
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

I wore Meta's smartglasses for a month and it left me feeling like a creep

Meta's smartglasses integrate AI assistants, potentially transforming computing and daily interactions, but raise concerns about privacy and social acceptance.
Wearables
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Meta launches new 'prescription optimized' smart glasses

Meta has launched new prescription glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Optics Styles, featuring customizable fit and supporting nearly all prescriptions.
#ai
Typography
fromFast Company
4 days ago

Meta's new AI tool turns anyone into a type designer

Meta's new AI tool simplifies font design, allowing users to customize text through prompts in its Edits app.
Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
3 days ago

Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars

Google is enhancing its Vids editing product with new AI features, including controllable avatars and improved video generation capabilities.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 hours ago

They're in clouds, electric sockets and even on toast. Why do humans see faces in everyday objects?

Face pareidolia is a common phenomenon where people see faces in inanimate objects and visual noise, influenced by symmetry and context.
#vibe-coding
Digital life
fromTechRepublic
2 days ago

Google Vids Just Got a Major AI Upgrade - Here's What's New

Google Vids enables intuitive video creation using AI, allowing users to direct avatars and publish content quickly with simple text prompts.
Data science
fromMedium
2 days ago

Context matters... A lot

Large language models excel at tasks but struggle with context, leading to potentially misleading answers despite their capabilities.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
3 days ago

Flipmod / Ambit Narrative Design (A.N.D)

Flipmod is a modular shading system designed for public spaces in subtropical cities, promoting climate responsiveness and public engagement.
Web development
fromCSS-Tricks
3 days ago

Making Complex CSS Shapes Using shape() | CSS-Tricks

Creating complex CSS shapes with randomness and curves is challenging but achievable using modern features and generators.
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 days ago

Perceptrum and the Emergence of Augmented Painting: When the Canvas Begins to Listen - KALTBLUT Magazine

Perceptrum redefines painting by allowing touch, creating a sensory dialogue that transforms the relationship between observer and artwork.
fromEngadget
3 days ago

Sony's gaming division just bought an AI startup that turns photos into 3D volumes

Following the acquisition, the Cinemersive Labs team will join SIE's Visual Computing Group (VCG) and contribute to our broader efforts in advancing state of the art visual computing within games. This includes applying machine learning to enhance gameplay visuals, improve rendering techniques, and unlock new levels of visual fidelity for players.
Marketing tech
Tech industry
fromFortune
4 days ago

Do creators still need Adobe in the AI era? | Fortune

Adobe must adapt to AI rapidly while maintaining trust with enterprise customers reliant on its software.
fromThe Atlantic
4 days ago

Today's Atlantic Trivia: Video Games

Nintendo was founded in 1889, the same year the Eiffel Tower opened in Paris, starting as a manufacturer of Japanese playing cards.
Games
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 days ago

how lachlan turczan reshapes matter by bending light and water in atmospheric installations

Lachlan Turczan's practice sits in the space between physics, optics, and environmental art, as he works with lasers, water, mist, and custom-built lenses to produce sculptures made entirely from light.
Berlin music
fromWIRED
6 days ago

Meet the Man Making Music With His Brain Implant

Galen Buckwalter, a 69-year-old research psychologist and quadriplegic, participated in a brain implant study to contribute to science that aids those with paralysis. The six chips in his brain decode movement intention, allowing him to operate a computer and feel sensations in his fingers again.
Music production
fromMail Online
6 days ago

What colour are the dots in this optical illusion?

'In this paper a novel optical illusion is described in which purple structures (dots) are perceived as purple at the point of fixation, while the surrounding structures (dots) of the same purple colour are perceived toward a blue hue.'
Science
UX design
fromMedium
13 hours ago

The invisible layer of UX most designers ignore

Designers must prioritize screen reader compatibility to ensure accessibility, as users rely on spoken content rather than visual elements.
Marketing
fromVogue
6 days ago

The Anti-AI Slop Playbook

Gucci's AI-generated campaign images have sparked debate about the use of technology in fashion marketing.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Really, you made this without AI? Prove it

Labeling human-made content is essential as AI-generated works proliferate, creating confusion and skepticism among audiences.
Wearables
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

My dream pair of AR gaming glasses needs to have these nine features

Latest AR glasses from Xreal and Viture enhance gaming experiences with features like 3DoF, but no model is perfect for all users.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 week ago

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Aesthetics and Video Games

Video games possess unique aesthetic value that challenges traditional philosophical frameworks of games and fiction.
Data science
fromInfoWorld
3 days ago

Why 'curate first, annotate smarter' is reshaping computer vision development

Strategic data selection and curation reduce annotation costs and enhance development productivity in computer vision teams.
#google-gemini
Photography
fromTechRepublic
5 days ago

8 Gemini AI Prompts That Turn Ordinary Photos Into Professional Portraits

Google Gemini enables users to create professional-quality portraits with well-crafted prompts, eliminating the need for studios or photographers.
Photography
fromTechRepublic
5 days ago

8 Gemini AI Prompts That Turn Ordinary Photos Into Professional Portraits

Google Gemini enables users to create professional-quality portraits with well-crafted prompts, eliminating the need for studios or photographers.
Photography
fromTechRepublic
5 days ago

8 Gemini AI Prompts That Turn Ordinary Photos Into Professional Portraits

Google Gemini enables users to create professional-quality portraits with well-crafted prompts, eliminating the need for studios or photographers.
Photography
fromTechRepublic
5 days ago

8 Gemini AI Prompts That Turn Ordinary Photos Into Professional Portraits

Google Gemini enables users to create professional-quality portraits with well-crafted prompts, eliminating the need for studios or photographers.
Photography
fromTechRepublic
5 days ago

8 Gemini AI Prompts That Turn Ordinary Photos Into Professional Portraits

Google Gemini enables users to create professional-quality portraits with well-crafted prompts, eliminating the need for studios or photographers.
Photography
fromTechRepublic
5 days ago

8 Gemini AI Prompts That Turn Ordinary Photos Into Professional Portraits

Google Gemini enables users to create professional-quality portraits with well-crafted prompts, eliminating the need for studios or photographers.
Online learning
fromeLearning Industry
4 days ago

8 Practical Ways L&D Professionals Can Use Images With LLMs To Design Better Learning

L&D professionals can leverage AI and LLMs to enhance instructional design by integrating visual inputs into their workflows.
Arts
fromIrish Independent
5 days ago

'You have to step in and experience it' - artists on the rise of AI-generated art and the 'essential' gallery visit

Miriam Fitzgerald Juskova's exhibit combines paper quilling with mathematics, showcasing intricate art that engages viewers and emphasizes the value of handmade creations.
Marketing tech
fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence
6 days ago

Flipsnack's Living Visuals signals the shift to immersive AI-driven content

Interactive content generates higher engagement than static formats, transforming digital content production expectations in commerce and B2B environments.
Games
fromEngadget
6 days ago

BOXROOM lets you build a cozy game room for your Steam library

Customize a virtual space to showcase your game library with personalized furniture and game displays.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 week ago

Game Devs Reveal All Their Ugly Placeholder Assets Made Without AI

Crimson Desert's launch faced backlash due to AI-generated art assets mistakenly included in the final game.
UX design
fromMedium
1 day ago

Do less with AI

Trying to do too much hinders productivity and leads to unfinished projects and feelings of inadequacy.
#ai-agents
Software development
fromMedium
6 days ago

A human approach to Agentic AI. One person. One text file. Five agents.

A soft-agent team of AI assists in book creation and management without requiring coding skills.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

Designers, your next user won't be human

Every SaaS company will transform into agentic-as-a-service platforms, requiring designers to solve fundamental problems in agent interaction, behavior, and user experience as AI agents become central to enterprise software.
Software development
fromMedium
6 days ago

A human approach to Agentic AI. One person. One text file. Five agents.

A soft-agent team of AI assists in book creation and management without requiring coding skills.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

Designers, your next user won't be human

Every SaaS company will transform into agentic-as-a-service platforms, requiring designers to solve fundamental problems in agent interaction, behavior, and user experience as AI agents become central to enterprise software.
Apple
fromComputerworld
2 weeks ago

Are you ready for shape-shifting apps?

Apple is enforcing App Store guidelines to prevent AI-assisted development tools from enabling apps to download and execute unverified code after installation, addressing security risks from vibe coding.
Typography
fromMass-driver
6 days ago

MD UI: a Typeface for Interfacing

Typefaces deserve careful design and consideration, balancing quality and legibility while acknowledging the challenges of achieving perfection.
#design-principles
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
5 days ago

A Practical Guide To Design Principles - Smashing Magazine

Design principles align teams, inform decisions, and embody organizational values, serving as essential tools in the design process.
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
5 days ago

A Practical Guide To Design Principles - Smashing Magazine

Design principles align teams, inform decisions, and embody organizational values, serving as essential tools in the design process.
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
5 days ago

A Practical Guide To Design Principles - Smashing Magazine

Design principles align teams, inform decisions, and embody organizational values, serving as essential tools in the design process.
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
5 days ago

A Practical Guide To Design Principles - Smashing Magazine

Design principles align teams, inform decisions, and embody organizational values, serving as essential tools in the design process.
#generative-ai
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Like it or not, AI is part of art school curriculums

Generative AI poses a significant threat to creative professionals, impacting job prospects and sparking protests among students.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Like it or not, AI is part of art school curriculums

Generative AI poses a significant threat to creative professionals, impacting job prospects and sparking protests among students.
Wearables
fromZDNET
5 days ago

Meta Ray-Bans vs. Optics: Why glasses wearers should consider the new model

Ray-Ban Meta Optics are new Gen 2 smart glasses designed for comfort and functionality, featuring adjustable components and a slimmer design.
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

This Digital Picture Frame Wants to Bring People Closer to a Holographic Future

Upload any picture or video, and Musubi uses artificial intelligence to extract the most important part and hover it in space as a 3D image within the frame. That could be a video of a child's first steps or a snapshot of a birthday party. The image will be displayed in 3D form, viewable in all its holographic glory across nearly 170 degrees.
Gadgets
Video games
fromDefector
2 weeks ago

Nvidia Wants To Yassify Video Games | Defector

Nvidia introduced DLSS 5, a generative AI technology for gaming that uses neural rendering to enhance graphics, though early demonstrations show artificial-looking results similar to AI image generation artifacts.
Film
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

Pump Up The Volume! The Rise OF Virtual Production - Hollywood's Most Confusing Miracle

Virtual production technology evolved from 1930s rear projection to modern LED walls, revolutionizing how filmmakers create backgrounds while keeping actors stationary on set.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
5 days ago

Is AI's visual understanding mostly a 'mirage'? New research suggests so. | Fortune

Anthropic faces significant cybersecurity risks following multiple sensitive data leaks related to its new AI model, Mythos.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
5 days ago

Humans only! This website invites artists to animate anti-AI disclaimers for everyone to use

Artists created disclaimers against AI-generated content, showcasing diverse styles and emphasizing the human journey in art creation.
Marketing tech
fromeLearning Industry
2 weeks ago

D-ID Launches V4 Expressive Visual Agents For Real-Time AI Interaction

D-ID launches V4 Expressive Visual Agents, ultra-high-fidelity AI avatars enabling real-time LLM conversations and enterprise video content with sub-0.5-second latency and 4K resolution.
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Looking Glass' Musubi showcases its holographic display in a consumer-friendly package

Looking Glass has been doggedly committed to making holographic displays the next big thing since 2019, and with its new Musubi digital photo frame, it might finally be offering its tech at a price that's hard to deny. Musubi is scheduled to start shipping in June, and unlike the company's previous, more developer-focused kits, the company's new display only costs $149.
Gadgets
UX design
fromMedium
5 days ago

Agentic AI, Design Systems & Figma: A Practical Guide.

Designers now have unprecedented creative control over components in design systems, enabling machines to utilize existing designs effectively.
Graphic design
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Adobe Illustrator just got the holy grail of illustration tools

Turntable in Adobe Illustrator uses generative AI to convert 2D vector illustrations into 3D objects, saving time for creators.
UX design
fromMedium
6 days ago

The ground is shaking: Why designers must flip the script on AI

AI tools extend cognitive capabilities but lack physical understanding, creating a disconnect in design processes.
UX design
fromMedium
6 days ago

Design engineers, UX Design's demise, forget your "lovable" products

Design Engineering merges visual design and front-end development, focusing on the intersection of design decisions and technical implementation.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
4 weeks ago

5 Floating Designs That Look Like Photoshop (But They're Real) - Yanko Design

Floating design lifts architectural elements from the ground to create visual lightness, spatial clarity, and refined interventions that balance engineering precision with aesthetic intent.
Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

three suspended digital screens translate AI imagery into luminous spatial installation

UNFOLD PLANE's spatial installation translates artificial intelligence concepts into an integrated architectural environment using suspended screens, dynamic lighting, and reflective surfaces that respond to visitor movement.
UX design
fromKarl Koch
2 weeks ago

Karl Koch | On clip-path animations

The WorkCard detail panel features a circular reveal that enhances interaction by connecting the overlay to the trigger button.
Miscellaneous
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Ailias Lets You Commission Your Own Personal Talking Man in a Box

Ailias, a UK company, creates conversational 3D hologram avatars of historical and current figures that can be delivered in boxes for events, education, and entertainment purposes.
#motion-design
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

The Physics of Great UX: Making Digital Interfaces Feel Real

Building a motion system in product design enhances user experience by aligning with human cognitive expectations and physical principles.
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

The Physics of Great UX: Making Digital Interfaces Feel Real

Building a motion system in product design enhances user experience by aligning with human cognitive expectations and physical principles.
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

Sorry, designers, we don't decide the future of design

Designers do not shape their field; they respond to market-driven changes, especially with the rise of AI in design processes.
Graphic design
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Gamma adds AI image generation tools in bid to take on Canva and Adobe | TechCrunch

Gamma launches Gamma Imagine, an AI image-generation product for creating brand-specific marketing assets, positioning itself between professional design tools and legacy presentation software.
Television
fromWIRED
2 months ago

The Inevitable Rise of the Art TV

Art-focused televisions transform unused black screens into matte, framed artworks, appealing especially to people in smaller urban homes and driving a new product trend.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 month ago

This charming pixel art game solves one of AI coding's most annoying UX problems

Pixel Agents is a Visual Studio Code extension that transforms Claude Code AI agent monitoring into an intuitive 8-bit video game interface, solving the usability problem of tracking multiple concurrent AI coding sessions.
Marketing
fromForbes
2 months ago

AI Vs. CGI Vs. Mixed Reality: Which Approach Is Right For Your Brand?

Choose production approach—CGI, AI visuals, or mixed reality—based on goals: speed, scale, control, cost, and desired creative realism or impact.
Apple
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

Vision Pro - the lull before the spatial storm

Lower-cost visionOS devices—Mac/iPhone-processor headsets and lightweight AR smart glasses—could arrive to target business and education while preserving most Vision Pro experience.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Do you believe in magic?

Through the tiny window of short clips on Instagram and TikTok, Mary's world seems enchanting and vast. Bree's work exudes melancholic emotion and ethereal femininity, painting the surfaces of Mary's world in the vibrating style of stop-motion animation, dappled with sparkling light and computer-generated surfaces so convincing it feels like you could pose the model with your own hands. O'Donnell sat down with us to talk a bit about her process creating textures and her life's work making magic real.
Film
Web design
fromMedium
2 months ago

Generate Animated Effects for the Web with Claude

AI tools like Anthropic's Claude can generate high-quality web animated effects and ready-to-use prompts, streamlining creation of polished, lightweight UI animations.
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Fraimic is an E Ink display that turns your ideas into AI art

But unlike other versions, this one requires no subscription, lets you swap out the surrounding frame and doesn't require an app to upload the art. Instead, a built-in mic picks up your idea, sends it to OpenAI and creates an image that pops up in a few moments on the screen. The on-board accelerometer even knows whether the device is in landscape or portrait orientation, and applies the correct format.
Gadgets
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Stunning Daily Renders Blending Cinema 4D And AI Into Otherworldly Scenes by Will Toulan

Dad Gets Tattoo So His 6-Year-Old Daughter Wouldn't Feel Different 21 Watercolors That Show How The Sun And Shadows Change Cities The Designer Reveals His Suggestions for Redesigning Famous Brands Naive, Super: Lovely Paintings by Angela Smyth Creative Spontaneous Sketches of Faces and Figures by Pawe Ponichtera Logo Artists Reinterpreted 38 Of The Most Recognizable Logos With A Single Unbroken Line Artist Paints While Under The Influence Of 20 Different Drugs The Uncannily Realistic Landscapes Of Carolyn H. Edlund
Arts
Typography
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Benoit Bohnke tells time differently through visualisations that play with colour and motion

12:12 visualizes time through twelve experimental digital clocks and guest projects using typographic, chromatic, motion, and coding-driven animations.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

A play with no actors on stage? That's the bet behind the world's first play in mixed reality

When a stranger smiles at you, you smile back. That is why, when Sir Ian McKellen ( The Lord of the Rings, X-Men, Amadeus) walked on the stage in front of me, looked me straight in the eye, and smiled at me, I smiled back. It was the polite thing to do. It was also completely unnecessary, because McKellen was not actually on the stage in front of me. He smiled at me through a pair of special glasses.
Arts
Photography
fromColossal
2 months ago

Check Out Colossal's New Image Slideshow Feature

Colossal launched an in-article image gallery providing distraction-free image viewing with mouse and keyboard navigation, captions, and an easy exit.
Wearables
fromComputerworld
1 month ago

Why there's no 'screenless' revolution

Screenless AI devices and wearables are rapidly emerging, but traditional screens and screen-based devices remain prevalent.
fromMedium
1 month ago

AI's text-trap: Moving towards a more interactive future

LLMs have made AI assistants a standard feature across SaaS. AI assistants allow users to instantly retrieve information and interact with a system through text-based prompts. Mathias Biilmann, in his article " Introducing AX: Why Agent Experience Matters," discusses two distinct approaches to building AI assistants. The Closed Approach involves a conversational assistant embedded directly within a single SaaS product. Examples include Zoom's AI Companion, Salesforce CRM's Einstein, and Microsoft's Copilot. The Open Approach involves external conversational assistants, such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini,
Artificial intelligence
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
3 months ago

Giving Users A Voice Through Virtual Personas - Smashing Magazine

AI-powered personas turn scattered user research into instant, contextual, multi-perspective feedback for any decision-maker with a single question.
fromMedium
1 month ago

The Design Vibeshift

Something's been slowly shifting in the design zeitgeist. I've been watching my feed on X and the vibe has changed. More and more, I see designers sharing finished experiments or prototypes they coded themselves, rather than static Figma files. Moving from working on a canvas to talking to an LLM. The conversation isn't "here's a design I made" anymore... it's "here's something I shipped this afternoon."
UX design
UX design
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

Expanding sensory experiences in virtual environments | Computer Weekly

Comprehensively multisensory XR/IRL environments enable inclusive, immersive interactions by combining multiple sensory interfaces, but face technical, cost, and adoption hurdles.
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