Yelena Rachitsky  

@yelenart

interested in the innovative, visceral, immersive and emotional. Making magic @ Facebook Reality Labs.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined April 2010
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  1. Retweeted
    Apr 2

    Read this story till the end. During WWII some children were making diaries from concentration camps & occupied cities by nazis. History is repeating. This is a diary of Katya, a 16 years old girl from Mariupol, whose mother died in the basement👇😢

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  2. Mar 11

    Maybe one of the best things I've seen on Horizon lately: Meta Court. Basically a UGC Judge Judy world where you can play the judge, jury, lawyer or defendant (or just sit in the audience). You can finally live out your Judge Judy dreams here.

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    Mar 10

    The maiden voyage of Walt Disney World's Galactic Starcruiser was a triumph. It is arguably the most ambitious tourism project undertaken by the company since the creation of the original Disneyland.

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  4. Mar 3

    Perfect subject matter for the 360 medium. When I watched the rectilinear documentary last year I thought solo climbing was scary but doable. With this, I realized how crazy it actually is.

    Proud to announce the release of The Soloist VR, a virtual reality film featuring some exciting free solos that I climbed over the last year. It’s been a complicated project with doing the VR filming and shooting a behind the scenes film… (1 of 5)
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  5. Mar 1

    Does anyone know the best way to send money to relatives in Ukraine? Is there a mobile app?

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  6. Feb 28

    I would argue that you can have a stronger psychological effect by not following rules of terrestrial physics

    "An immersive environment doesn’t have to be realistic or even follow the rules of terrestrial physics in order to have a profound psychological effect." - Stephanie Riggs. Meet us in this Friday to discuss this amazing book.
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  7. Feb 27

    I’m just here for ’s tweets

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  8. Feb 27

    Very impressed with and her team on getting Galactic Starcruiser out the door. Not easy to make huge innovative and risky creative swings at large companies 👏🏼

    Have been in my feelings a bit as the early press rolls in and we prepare to open Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser to the public next week. Filled with gratitude for the amazing team who shared a vision of a thing that didn’t exist… and then willed that thing into being.
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    Feb 26

    Xi will be livid at Putin for proving to the world that a massive and modern army is no match for a small country determined to keep it's freedom. It's a good day to be Taiwanese.

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    Feb 27

    ⚡️Zelensky doesn't believe in the positive outcome of the negotiations with Russia. "But let them try, so that no citizen of Ukraine doubts that I, as president, tried to stop the war when there was still a chance, however small," he said in a video address.

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  11. Feb 26

    Nothing like straight talk from Russian grandparents 😂

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    Grandpa is reprimanding the Russian soldiers in Melitopol like they are children. “I’m also Russian. Don’t you have any problems in the state?”
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    Feb 25

    Odessa was once had the third largest Jewish population in the world. Then came pogroms, Stalin's purges, and the Nazi Holocaust. The city, once half Jewish, had fallen to 6 percent Jewish by the time the Soviet Union collapsed. And now this.

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    The director of the main synagogue in Odessa tearfully bids goodbye to the synagogue, asks people to pray for them as they evacuate during the Jewish Sabbath:
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  13. Feb 24

    A bit of info about my place of birth

    As someone born & raised in Odessa for roughly 1/3 of my life, who spent the other 2/3 in America, I know that most people don’t know much about Ukraine - which I get, I have many blind spots, so I thought I’d tweet some little basic things in case it helps make it real 🧵
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    Feb 24

    1/ In response to the unfolding military conflict in Ukraine, we have established a Special Operations Center to respond in real time. It is staffed by experts (including native speakers) so we can closely monitor the situation and act as fast as possible.

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    Feb 23

    Something bad is in the air tonight. We're under a national emergency, airports are shutting down, military reserves have been called up. I lack the talent to express what it feels like to be in this European capital, home to millions...

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  16. Feb 23

    100,000 people subscribe to my brother’s newsletter 🤯

    Milestone 🤭
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    Feb 18

    My team is responsible for sourcing, production, review, and management of nearly all of the games on Quest, from AAA Store titles to Oculus Launchpad to App Lab. Guess what: we're hiring like crazy. No prior VR experience is necessary. Here's a 🧵 of open roles:

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  18. Feb 13

    LA haters gonna hate but we sure do win things

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    RAMS WIN!!
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  19. Feb 13

    My buddy is on assignment for photographing the culture and worlds in VR 🙌

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    On assignment for in the Metaverse(s)!
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    Feb 7

    "I wouldn't wish the labor pain I experienced on anyone. Okay, except maybe the politicians who continue to use their power to try to strip us of our rights," writes

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