Virtual reality

Seeking to reshape mall-going experience, new amusement park opens in Herzliya's Seven Stars Mall

“I think today the mall needs to reinvent itself,” Seven Stars Mall CEO Yaniv Fainshnider said.

The Gravity Park at the Seven Stars Mall in Herzliya.
Rendering of the XR experience at Palace of Versailles.

Israeli-designed Palace of Versailles extended reality installation set to launch

Eli Boichis, ‏Country Manager, Dassault Systèmes Israel

AI and robots will not replace engineers; they will remove the tedious work

Yael Gal: ‘You make a new collection for your budget – with the same atmosphere.’

Concrete abstracts: Meet the Israeli woman using AI to reinvent the real estate industry


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.

 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Minecraft campus (main view).

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.

 A developer tests changes she made to the VR simulation in the InceptionXR office in Tel Aviv, July 12, 2023.

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.

 AN ANIMATRONIC dragon seen at ‘Kingdom of Dragons’, at Expo Tel Aviv.

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.

 Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim

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.

 THE NEW Apple Vision Pro headset is displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, on June 5 in California.

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.

 A researcher examines a data cloud in a virtual world created by Virtualitics software. NASA scientists need to sift through massive amounts of data generated by deep space missions. Efforts at JPL into using virtual reality to assist in this analysis led to the creation of Virtualitics

Grapevine: Unconventional documentary

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MARCHERS WRAPPED in Israeli flags attend the annual March of the Living at the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau death camp, near Oswiecim, Poland.

Israeli photographer gets a virtual global salute

The exhibition is a first-time collaboration between Google Arts and Culture and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and was compiled by the former curator of photography at the museum, Raz Samira.

 ONE OF Alex Levac’s image in the show ‘Flaneur.’

New development in virtual hospital will make being healthy easier

Sheba Virtual Hospital "Beyond" is making it possible for people to perform periodic medical examinations at work or at home.

 The Olga and Lev Leviev Heart Center at Sheba Medical Center is one of Israel's leading cardiology departments, according to Forbes Israel

Jerusalem Highlights February 24 – March 2

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