Clapping is the latest idea YouTube is testing in certain territories. Officially referred to as “viewer applause,” the feature allows people to purchase a clapping animation that appears over ...

AN ANIMATION of hands clapping has been projected on to York Minster and Clifford’s Tower to say thank you to key workers in the coronavirus pandemic.

"The employee would clap his hands in front of a light projector and the image would sync up to the bulbs on the screen and it looked like an animation,” explains Mike Acosta, an Astros historian.