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Illustrative graphic of the Spike application running on the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset (Spike/Courtesy)
October 29, 2021, 2:42 pm
Israeli startup Spike partners with newly rebranded Meta, launches VR email app
The Herzliya-based company says it is the first Israeli developer to have software available for the Oculus Quest 2 headset; Facebook renaming aimed at focus on ‘metaverse’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Dov Katz, a top engineer at Facebook's Oculus VR (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 27, 2016, 12:17 pm
Israeli Facebook engineer nabbed in underage sex sting in US
Dov Katz, a top employee at social media giant’s Oculus VR, allegedly sought to pay for intercourse with 15-year-old girl
By ToI Staff
A user (left) demonstrates how the Oculus VR headgear operates with Israel-based start-up Pebbles Interfaces, as Geektime's Laura Rosbrow (center) interviews Pebbles representative Renana Perlovitch. (Geektime)
July 17, 2015, 3:07 am
Facebook-owned company to buy Israeli hand-tracking start-up
Pebbles Interfaces joins Oculus to boost development of virtual reality (VR) technologies; financial details not yet disclosed
By AFP
The DeepOptics Omnifocal solution (photo credit: Courtesy)
March 20, 2015, 2:41 pm
Israeli tech focuses on a sharper pair of glasses
Multifocal-busting technology and more will be on display at this year’s Israel Machine Vision Conference
By David Shamah
Attendees play a video game wearing Oculus Rift virtual-reality headsets at the Intel booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in Las Vegas, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Jae C. Hong, File)
April 1, 2014, 2:04 pm
A taste of Israeli tech in Facebook’s $2 billion buy
Dov Katz’s journey to senior engineer developing the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset began at Tel Aviv University
By David Shamah
Attendees play a video game wearing Oculus Rift virtual-reality headsets at the Intel booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in Las Vegas, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Jae C. Hong, File)
March 26, 2014, 5:49 pm
Oculus deal is Zuckerberg’s long-term bet on virtual reality
Facebook spends $2b. on Calif. firm whose headsets cover your eyes and create an immersive world that reacts when you turn your head
By Barbara Ortutay and RYAN NAKASHIMA
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