PREPARED THE EXPLORE PAFOS DIGITAL DIGITAL PLATFORM WITH EXCLUSIVE REALITY TECHNOLOGY WITH SPECIFIED SPEECH TYPES
Prepared Innovative Digital Platform "EXPLORE PAFOS"
WITH INCREASED REALITY TECHNOLOGY
SPEAKING OF THE POPULAR MUNICIPALITY AIMS FOR A SMART AND DIGITAL TOWN
Another step to transform Paphos into a digital and "smart" city was made today by the Municipality of Paphos.
An online platform and digital application Explore Pafos, which runs Augmented Reality technology, was presented at a conference held this morning as part of the European Smart Cities program. The platform is available through the www.explorepafos.org link, and the app is available from the Apple Store and Google Play.
The platform is a digital tour guide of Paphos which has multimedia information (text, photos, videos, 360) on the most important points of interest of the province, classified by category: Culture, Environment, Tourism, Services. It also has an interactive map with points of interest, event calendar and multilingual content in Greek, English, Russian, Hebrew and German.
Speaking at the event, Paphos Mayor Phaidonas Phaidonos outlined the City's actions to achieve the goal of transforming the city into a Smart City and the importance this initiative has for its residents and visitors. Mr. Faidonos also referred to the projects being promoted in this direction, of which 6 are already in the process of implementation.
The event was attended by a large number of students from the Pafos high schools who showed great interest in this innovative initiative of the Local Authority.
The Smart Cities project is implemented in the framework of the Interreg V-A Greece-Cyprus 2014-2020 Cooperation Program and is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and national resources of Greece and Cyprus. The Municipality of Paphos participates in it as a lead partner, while the Paphos twin municipalities of Chania and Mytilene participate as partners.
