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Hezbollah leader Naem Qassem (left) and Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei as seen in an AI-generated video issued by Defense Minister Israel Katz on August 10, 2026. (X screenshot)
August 12, 2026, 4:48 pm
Our AI-generated defense minister emblemizes an Israeli leadership that refuses to face reality
Whatever Israel Katz may want to believe, Iran’s leaders are not cowering, and Israel will not defeat its enemies by endlessly blowing things up; Netanyahu should know better, but he’s in full-blown denial mode
By David Horovitz
Miri Berger, left, and Aryeh Katz, right, co-founders of 6Degrees, donate their MyMove, virtual reality game, to Tamir, a soldier recently wounded in fighting in the Gaza Strip at Sheba Medical Center on August 28, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
September 26, 2024, 8:29 am
Israeli virtual reality game helps dozens of new war amputees reduce phantom pain
Start-up 6Degrees says their immersive approach cuts phantom pain faster than current treatments; amputees do physical therapy on their own in an over-stressed healthcare system
By Diana Bletter
Medical students at Baruch Padeh (Poriya) Medical Center in Tiberias try OtheReality VR sets. (Courtesy)
May 28, 2024, 8:09 am
Virtual reality app lets medical staff get a patient’s-eye view
Israeli start-up OtheReality allows doctors to revisit difficult scenarios and recharge their empathy tanks to reduce patient discomfort and dissatisfaction
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Rabbi Israel Goldwasser stands on the tracks leading to the main gate of Auschwitz-Birkenau. (Courtesy of Triumph of the Spirit)
June 27, 2023, 8:47 pm
Haredi filmmakers bring Israelis to Auschwitz in virtual reality tour
Designed to promote Holocaust education among the Israeli ultra-Orthodox community, ‘Triumph of the Spirit’ is a 360° guide through the extermination camp
By Charlie Summers
This July 22, 2019, photo taken from video gives a 360-degree view of Ramadan prayers on the plateau of the Dome of the Rock, which can be seen in The Holy City, a virtual reality experience in the metaverse. (The Holy City VR via AP)
August 8, 2022, 3:06 am
From the Western Wall to Mecca: VR lets virtual pilgrims explore world’s holy sites
Users can tuck a prayer note into a crack of the Western Wall, join thousands of worshipers during Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque or circle around the Kaaba
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Frame from the Israel Museum's Virtual Reality tour 'Back to Aleppo: A Virtual-Reality Tour of the Great Synagogue' that is based on 75-year-old still photographs. (Courtesy: Israel Museum)
From the WebJune 23, 2022, 2:55 pm
The lost synagogue of Aleppo is now found at the Israel Museum
The author of ‘The Aleppo Codex’ writes in Tablet how a new virtual reality exhibit brings to life the Great Synagogue, and the great collapse of multinational Jewish life
A portrait of Frida Kahlo, magnified many times over for 'Frida Kahlo, The Life of an Icon,' a global exhibit coming to Israel May 26, 2022 (Courtesy 'Frida Kahlo, The Life of an Icon')
May 10, 2022, 4:26 pm
Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits and life story come to Israel
Immersive experience detailing the work and life of the colorful Mexican artist has toured more than 30 cities worldwide
By Jessica Steinberg
A three-dimensional virtual model of Chabad's MANA Jewish Center ahead of its placement in Decentraland. (Courtesy)
February 4, 2022, 7:25 am
Enter the metaverse: Chabad pioneers the first Jewish outpost in a virtual world
Movement’s MANA house will offer education and other services in the Decentraland digital realm, combining new technology and traditional outreach
By Luke Tress
FILE - In this Thursday, March 26, 2015, file photo, Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer talks about virtual reality while delivering a keynote address at the Facebook F8 Developers Conference, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
October 18, 2021, 6:25 am
Facebook announces it’s hiring 10,000 people in EU to build ‘metaverse’
Tech giant is touting a virtual reality version of the internet that blurs lines between physical and digital worlds as the technology of the future
By Katy Lee
Dmytro Spilka
March 4, 2021, 4:49 pm
Dmytro Spilka
The rise and rise of AR in Israel: why AR is thriving in Startup Nation
Exploring Israel’s thriving relationship with AR and looking back on 2020 when Startup Nation overcame the drawbacks of the pandemic
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