Making It Real

Kids today are practically born with screens in their hands, and the dopamine rush and shorter attention spans that come from absorbing information from digital content makes it nearly impossible for schools with the old frontal method of teaching to compete.
But what if there were a way to bridge the gap between here-to-stay virtual reality and Torah content, creating a more interactive and exciting way to learn? 

The moment the headset covers my eyes and ears, the floor drops out beneath me.

I’m standing (or floating) in an endless dark universe. A scroll of Hebrew text — the first words of Bereishis — move across the void. A stentorian voice intones, “In the beginning, G-d created the Heavens and the Earth….”

As the narrator relates the story of Creation, the universe in which I find myself suspended begins to change. It fills with water, then burgeoning vegetation, then swarming fish and birds, glowing celestial bodies, and elephants and giraffes and lions.

Finally — in a shower of sparks and clumps of earth — an enormous Adam Harishon emerges ponderously from the rolling hills.