Starting at sunset tonight, Jews all over the world will be celebrating Rosh Hashanah - literally the "head" of the year. It commemorates, amongst many other things, the birth of "Adam" - the birth of Mankind.
I have always found it interesting that Rosh Hashana doesn't commemorate the creation of the universe or even the creation of the world! It is all about having the "Adam" becoming conscious and being able to experience existence. You see, it is all about EXPERIENCING creation!!
Now, I can't help but think like a physicist (I was a physics teacher for many years after all) and paraphrase quantum theory (regardless of how Einstein felt about it in his "later years") that says, in part, that unless something is observed, it doesn't necessarily exist in our world!
Think about it... Rosh Hashanah is actually commemorating consciousness, existence, observation, reality!
This is an interesting way to look at the festival of the new year. How we perceive our new year will actually help create that new year for us!! Kinda cool - yes?
So what better time to introduce you all to a program that can augment reality...
The Metaverse (https://gometa.io)
I am sure that you all have heard about Pokemon Go by now. (If not, here is my blog post about it.) Well Metaverse lets you create your own "Pokemon-Go-like" experience. Imagine creating a scavenger hunt around your school where freshmen must locate digital items and do special tasks. Hey... how about doing a tour of your home town? Put the statue of "old Chuck" in the viewfinder and then the whole story about who this guy was comes to life! All sorts of ideas!
Here is a short video on how one family uses this augmented reality program to bring everyone together for "family time" and exercise.
So what do you think? Can programs like this alter our experience of reality? Will it change the way we perceive the world? I would be interested in hearing what you have to say on the blogsite.
For those of you celebrating Rosh Hashanah - Ketivah v'chatima tovah (כתיבה וחתימה טובה).
Should you be written and sealed for a fantastic year of health, happiness and "good perceptions!"
Yossie
Yossie
