Article 5JEZ7 Vilnius, Lithuania built a ‘portal’ to another city to help keep people connected

Vilnius, Lithuania built a ‘portal’ to another city to help keep people connected

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Kim Lyons
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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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