The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/portal/)
Some of the about 1,500 visits to the portal residing outside of Olin Library, include President Martha E. Pollack, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and students in Biology & Society 2150: Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine.
A portal that will be installed on the Arts Quad this upcoming fall will allow students to connect with people around the world and study abroad without having to actually leave Ithaca.
As opposed to traditional methods of video conferencing, these whole-bodied experiences allow participants to feel as though they are “breathing the same air,” according to the press release.