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Pronounced: tuh-HEE neesh-mah-TOE tzroo-RAH beh-TZROHR ha-khaye-EEM What it means: Hebrew for “here lies” or “here is buried.” A variation on this is pay tet (פּ״ט), which stands for po tamun, “here is hidden.” Pronounced: pay noon (the two Hebrew letters) or POH neek-BAHR What it means: Hebrew for “Let his/her rest be paradise (Eden).” Pronounced: noon ayin (the names of these two Hebrew letters) or noo-KHAH EH-den (for women) or noo-KHOH EH-den (for men) When it’s used: Usually appears in parentheses after the name of a person who is deceased. What it means: Hebrew literally for “memories for blessing,” usually translated to “may his or her memory be a blessing.” Pronounced: zahl, or zee-chroh-NOH luh-brah-KHAH or zee-chroh-NAH luh-brah-KHAH What it means: The Hebrew Bible, which Christians refer to as the Old Testament. Stands for: Torah (תורה), Nevi’im (נביאים), Ketuvim (כּתובים) - known in English as Torah (also Five Books of Moses), Prophets and Writings What it means: Hebrew for the person leading a prayer service (literally “public emissary”). Pronounced: SHAHTZ or shah-LEE-ahkh tzee-BOHR When it’s used: Often said after the name of a prominent living rabbi. What it means: May he (or she) live for many good days, Amen. Stands for: Sh’yichyeh l’orekh yamim tovim amen. When it’s used: When writing a letter to someone who is alive. What it means: Hebrew for “his/her candle should burn bright.” Pronounced: noon yood (the two Hebrew letters), or neh-ee-ROH yah-EER (for a man), neh-ee-RAH yah-EER (for a woman) What it means: Hebrew for “if it will be God’s will” or “if it is God’s will.” Stands for: Im yirtzeh hashem (אם ירצה השׁם) When it’s used: Some traditional Jews put these letters on the upper corner of every piece of written material. What it means: Aramaic for “with the help of Heaven.” Note: This acronym also stands for Baruch HaShem (בּרוך השׁם) or Blessed is God. What it means: Hebrew for “with God’s help.” When it’s used: Commonly said to a mourner upon learning of their loss. What it means: Hebrew for “blessed is the true judge.” Stands for: Baruch dayan emet (ברוך דיין אמת) When it’s used: Following the name of someone who is dead. What it means: Hebrew for “peace be upon him.” Alternately “upon her” or “upon them.” Pronounced: ah-LAHV hah-shah-LOHM, ah-lay-HAH hah-shah-LOHM Did we miss an important one? Leave it in the comments below or email us at Acronyms and Abbreviations If no English initials appear, that means English initials aren’t used for this term. (Stands for for Sherut Habitakhon Haklali, or General Security Service.)īelow are some of the most common acronyms and abbreviations organized alphabetically (in English transliteration) by category. Modern Hebrew has its own ever-growing roster of acronyms, such as its FBI equivalent, Shabak (שׁבּ״כּ), also known as the Shin Bet. Even books themselves, like the Hebrew Bible are often identified in this abbreviated manner. Famous rabbis are frequently referred to by their acronyms. My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help Donateįor centuries before text-messaging and emailing birthed ubiquitous linguistic shorthand terms like LOL, TTYL and IMHO, Jews were not just the People of the Book, but the People of the Acronym.Īcronyms - in Hebrew, Aramaic and transliteration - appear frequently in Jewish correspondence, books, spoken conversation and even on gravestones. Guy Godin’s post received thousands of upvotes (3.8K at the moment) from outraged VR users. I worked on this for months and was eager to improve the functionality as I received your feedback over the last few days but according to Oculus, I am hurting Quest.” I thought it would be a perfect fit for my app since it already gives you access to your computer. I saw the ability to stream VR content from your PC as a very cool idea. I’ve been developing in VR for 5+ years and as some of you may know, I like to experiment and push the envelop with the tech. “Hi guys, I’m sorry to announce this but Oculus doesn’t want the SteamVR streaming feature in their store. Here’s what Guy Godin said about the incident on Reddit: Unfortunately, Oculus put a stop to that. It’s also the easiest of the three to use for streaming, and in my opinion, the one with the best image quality. However, Virtual Desktop is arguably a more well-known application, and thus far the only one among the three apps to be found in the Oculus Quest store (Vridge and ALVR have to be sideloaded). There are others such as Vridge and ALVR. Virtual Desktop is not the only app that gives the Quest that capability. However, Virtual Desktop could also be used to enable the Quest to play SteamVR games on a VR-ready desktop PC. Virtual Desktop is a VR app that enables you to view your PC desktop as a virtual screen in VR. Why did Oculus force Virtual Desktop to remove SteamVR streaming? Will they change their mind? The controversial move was roundly criticized by the VR community, which came out in support of Mr. And while the Vive has its motion controls the the Oculus will soon have a pair of its own, they don't quite have the accuracy of more traditional devices.According to Virtual Desktop developer Guy Godin, Oculus has demanded that he remove Virtual Desktop’s SteamVR streaming feature, which otherwise enables the Oculus Quest (reviewed here) to be used to play games on SteamVR. Mouse and keyboard could work, but you'd be typing blind. There's also the trouble of how you'd interact with this stuff. In as little as a year or two, however, 4K screens could solve this problem with ease. So while they're fine for stylized video game graphics or big flashy movies, they are a nightmare for reading text. For starters, the screens in the upcoming virtual headsets are good, but not quite good enough to replace actual screens.īoth the Oculus and the Vive have high-res screens, sure-2160 x 1200 pixels is nothing to sneeze at-but when they are inches away from your eyes, you start to see the gaps between the pixels. The virtual screen idea has clearly got legs.īut there are going to need to be a lot of technological advancement before we're all jacking into cyber corner-offices with 50 customizable monitors and a perfect view of the Earth from orbit, or the ocean floor, or whatever else strikes your fancy. What's more, gaming giant Valve (also a partner in making the HTC Vive) has gotten in on the action too the company plans to bring every game in its unfathomably large Steam library to VR through a "desktop theater" mode which would let let users make the most of VR without having to stick to purely VR games. It's either heaven or hell, depending on how you feel about multi-tasking.Ī company called Envelop VR has raised over $5 million from Google Ventures in order to design similar technology that's a little more intuitive than Virtual Desktop's jank. Second monitor? Ha! Slap on an Oculus and suddenly you have unlimited monitors. One screen for Twitter, one for email, three for web browsing, and two more for TV. |