Virtual reality
Virtual touring – now in Israel too: Apple’s equivalent to Street View is available to all
Apple launches Look Around, its counterpart to Google Street View, enabling virtual tours of city streets, including in Israel. The service is now also accessible via the web version of Apple Maps.
Virtual reality tour of Auschwitz available to New Yorkers this month
Sightful's Spacetop G1: Transforming mobile computing
Google's $1M gift: Virtual Auschwitz tours now a reality
Online VR applications can be a privacy threat for kids and most parents are unaware of it
Parents largely unaware of security risks in children's VR app use. Study reveals concerns of physiological effects, privacy, but limited use of parental controls.
AI platform Villa offers new education options to students
Villa, an AI platform, offers a free 6-month membership to groups of more than 100 students who have been affected by the war to explore new education options and modes of learning.
After Apple's success: Meta working on augmented reality glasses - report
According to the release, the company, which has been working on the AR glasses for years, is expected to present a prototype during 2024.
This Friday: Apple's Augmented Reality Glasses Land in Stores
Long lines are expected to form on the upcoming Friday at Apple stores in the US with the launch of Apple's augmented reality glasses. Despite the high price, early orders have already sold out.
Ben-Gurion University builds Silicon Valley-style campus on Minecraft
Players are tasked with developing a business plan before ultimately presenting their company to a Shark Tank-style panel of investors – all of which takes place inside Minecraft's virtual ecosystem.
Israeli VR firms aim to fill in gaps in US healthcare challenges
Israeli start-ups are developing virtual reality simulations that aim to ease the burden in struggling sectors of the US healthcare system, such as nursing and preventive care.
Dragons take over Expo Tel Aviv
The oversized animatronic dragons weren’t the only mythical creatures at the expo, as a phoenix, Pegasus, and even a talking tree delighted the visitors.
New virtual tours of Concentration Camps upgrade Holocaust education
A new project aims to preserve the memories of the Holocaust through virtual reality tours and experiences.
Apple’s Vision Pro: The dawn of screenless computing is upon us - opinion
What most pundits have gotten wrong about the Vision Pro is that it’s not about virtual reality at all. It's the dawn of screenless computing.
NASA engineers create VR software to visualize a universe of data
Now, a piece of datum wasn't a mark on a screen. It's a thing that can be held, moved, and placed.
Grapevine: Unconventional documentary
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
