Vilnius, Lithuania built a ‘portal’ to another city to help keep people connected
Go Vilnius Weary of pandemic travel restrictions and aching to get out and see new people? The city of Vilnius, Lithuania has interesting solution: A real-time portal" to another city. They really went all-in on the idea and the design; it looks quite a bit like something out of the erstwhile sci-fi movie/show Stargate.
The city installed a circular door" for the portal near its train station that connects to a portal in Lublin, Poland, about 600 kilometers (or roughly 375 miles) away. The portals both have large screens and cameras that broadcast live images between the two cities- a kind of digital bridge, according to its creators- meant to encourage people to rethink the meaning of unity," Go Vilnius said in a press release. Aw.
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