Symposium: XR for the people

12:00 – 12:45 – Live demos + Refreshment

12:45 – 13:00 – Welcome notes and overview of Reichman University activities in XR

Rafi Melnick, President, Reichman University

Noam Lemelshtrich-Latar, Head of RUNI Innovation Center, Reichman University

Doron Friedman, Head of the Advanced Reality Lab (ARL), Reichman University

13:00 – 14:00 –  Remote virtual discussion / live performance: Is virtual reality genuine reality? 

David Chalmers, Philosopher, New York University

Mel Slater, Investigator and Co-director of the Event Lab, University of Barcelona

Doron Friedman, Professor and Head of the Advanced Reality Lab, Reichman University

Jeremy Fogel, Professor, Tel Aviv University

…and a surprise guest.

14:00 – 14:05 – Khronos Group background

Yehiel Atias, Co-Founder and CEO, Hexa3D

14:05 – 14:45 – Industry Panel: Commerce in the metaverse -“Fashioneverse” as study case

Matan Zohar, AR Engineer, Snap

Marilyn Boccara Levi, Chief of Staff, Tetavi

Jonathan Clark, Co-Founder and CTO, Hexa

14:45 – 15:00 – Break

15:00 – 16:00 – XR, mind, and brain – from science to applications

Gurit Birnbaum, Professor, Reichman University

• “Biting the Forbidden Fruit: The Effect of Flirting with a Virtual Agent on Attraction to Real Alternative and Existing Partners“

Amir Amedi, Professor, Reichman University

• “VR and other immersive environments to study neuroplasticity and to pilot claustrophobia and stress reduction in cancer patients“

Anat Klomek Brunstein, Professor, Reichman University

• “VR for increasing psychological resilience and preventing suicide“

Moderator: Maya Shekel, VR Project Manager, Advanced Reality Lab

16:00 – 16:15 – Break

16:15 – 17:15 – VR: Applications in Mental Health and Training

Miki Levy, CTO, XRHealth

• “Building the therapeutic metaverse“

Niron Hashai, Professor, Reichman University and Dr. Daniel Landau, CEO, AVR Immersive Solutions

• “Immersive Learning – transforming the case study method“

Moreah Zisquit, Professor, Reichman University

• “VR and AI for mental health: Some Lessons from the Socrates project“

Alex Mintz, Professor, Reichman University

• “XRDecisions: A Virtual Reality Decision Making Simulator for Intensive Care Units and Emergency Response“

Moderator: Ronit Elyoseph, PhD Candidate, Reichman University

17:15 – 17:30 – Break

17:30 – 18:00 – “From social media to metaverse (GuestXR)”

RUNI School of Communications staff: Dr. Tsahi Hayat, Dr. Beatrice Hasler, Shai Benbasat (Mr. Shibolet)

Moderator: Doron Friedman, Advanced Reality Lab

18:00 – 18:15 – Break

18:15 – 19:00 – Remote keynote speaker

Jeremy Bailenson, Professor, Stanford