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An attempt to connect people on both sides of the Atlantic has gone terribly awry after a pair of video portals linking New York and Dublin became the sites of pure debauchery.
Last week, a circular, eight-foot-wide screen weighing 3.5 tonnes was erected in each city, broadcasting live 24/7 video from New York’s Flatiron District to Dublin’s busy O’Connell Street, and vice versa.were “connected in real time and space” while Dublin’s lord mayor, Daithí de Róiste, said he hoped his citizens would “extend an Irish welcome and kindness to cities all over the world.”People watch a live stream portal between Dublin and New York on Monday.
That same night, Dubliners saw that the portal had been turned off and was being patrolled by police. The screen came back online hours later, however, having reportedly suffered a “technical glitch.”The New York-Dublin connection was the second set of portals to be built. The first two were unveiled in May 2021, linking the cities of Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lublin, Poland.
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