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How AR and VR are transforming the future of business - Digital Commerce 360
Ciright

How AR and VR are transforming the future of business

Through applications like digital twins and virtual showrooms, augmented reality and virtual reality are moving beyond entertainment to transform the sales process, writes Joseph Callahan, CEO of IT services company Ciright. The traditional wisdom of the sales business is that potential customers need…

December 13, 2024Digital Commerce 360
The Portal was brought to Philly out of love for the city - Metro Philadelphia
Portals Network

The Portal was brought to Philly out of love for the city

Those who have been to LOVE Park in the past few weeks have gotten a front row seat to its new art installation, The Portal. The large circular screen acts as a camera, linking the City of Brotherly Love with other cities worldwide (including Dublin, Ireland; Lublin, Poland; and Vilnius, Lithuania.) But how did the wildly popular viral sensation come to be in Philadelphia? It was actually driven out of a love for the city...
November 6, 2024Metro Philadelphia
Portal Project: Philadelphia Joins Lublin, Vilnius and Dublin - Mad White
Portals Network

Portal Project: Philadelphia Joins Lublin, Vilnius and Dublin

In October this year, the Lublin PORTAL gained a new perspective - thanks to international cooperation, residents of Lublin can now visit Philadelphia virtually. A few days ago, a symbolic opening of the transmission between the cities took place, attended by representatives of the authorities and residents of both locations. This provided each city with a new opportunity for interaction, and the rotating display of images from different parts of the world makes it possible to connect periodically with Vilnius, Dublin and now Philadelphia...
October 25, 2024Mad White
All change for the Dublin portal as New York replaced by Philadelphia - The Irish Post
Portals Network

All change for the Dublin portal as New York replaced by Philadelphia

THE Dublin portal which has connected people in the Irish capital with people in New York this year is set to change this month. The portal in New York has been relocated to JFK Plaza in the city of Philadelphia, meaning the livestream between the hi-tech sculptures which began in May of this year, will now take on a whole new outlook. The stream will alternate every three minutes between Dublin, Vilnius, Lublin and Philadelphia, the Portals.org team have confirmed...
October 24, 2024The Irish Post
Philly's new livestream 'Portal' connects with 3 countries - to start - NBC News
Portals Network

Philly's new livestream 'Portal' connects with 3 countries - to start

That light-up "Portal" to another part of the world is now live in the center of Philadelphia, connecting the City of Brotherly Love with several other cities around the world. Officials with Portals.org, the 2026 Philadelphia committee and other civic leaders gathered on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, to cut the ribbon on the large circular livestreaming device. The Portal is hyping up Philly ahead of the yearlong...
October 23, 2024NBC News
Cian Ducrot surprises fans with pop-up concert at Dublin portal - The Anglo-Celt
Portals Network

Cian Ducrot surprises fans with pop-up concert at Dublin portal

Irish singer Cian Ducrot delighted fans by performing a surprise pop-up concert in Dublin city centre. The singer-songwriter was joined by a flash mob choir at the livestream portal on Tuesday. The All For You star is the first ever artist to give a multi-city portal performance. Fans were only given a 30-minute alert before the performance took place...
August 27, 2024The Anglo-Celt
Ciright's Innovations: The Future of Spatial Computing - New York Wire
Ciright

Ciright's Innovations: The Future of Spatial Computing

When you think of the metaverse, your first thought is probably something tying virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to gaming when, in actuality, it has so much more to offer. The metaverse is a powerful tool, and pioneers like Ciright, led by CEO Joseph Callahan, have helped position it to fundamentally change the business landscape. Since its launch was officially announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in October of 2021, the metaverse has...
August 24, 2024New York Wire
New York-Dublin portal connected once again | Morning in America - News Nation
Portals Project

New York-Dublin portal connected once again | Morning in America

The popular new portal sculptures in New York and Dublin are connected again after officials put more security measures in place after inappropriate behavior by some forced its shutdown. Benediktas Gylys, artist of the portal sculptures, says he was inspired to build them because he was tired of living "in a world of constant separation."
May 22, 2024News Nation