Nature has a truly remarkable capacity to change how we think and feel. Even a glimpse of the natural world can help quiet a busy mind, restore our attention and give us space to breathe.
It’s why for the past 8 years we’ve tried our best to live up to our name – Portal – using biophilic design and immersive technology to transform our devices into windows to the natural world.
The Duo is the device we’ve been waiting for. It builds the physical action of opening a window into the hardware itself, providing the canvas for an experience that feels a little like magic.
Unfolded, Portal’s cinematic visuals and Spatial Audio transform the screen into a window to ancient woodlands, wild coastlines and expansive horizons. An experience designed not simply to be looked at, but to convey a sense of presence too.
A window to the world, in your pocket.
Your Window to the World
Sometimes, all it takes is opening a window. In an instant, the world beyond our walls feels a little closer.
With iPhone Duo, that feeling takes on a new dimension. Portal brings the sights and sounds of the natural world into your space, with cinematic visuals, head-tracked Spatial Audio and smart lighting working together to create an experience that reaches beyond the screen. Whether you’re taking a moment to pause between tasks or settling into a quieter part of your day, it brings a little more calm to everyday life.
Central to the experience is Circadian Flow. Rooted in circadian science, it syncs Portal with your local time of day, playing portals that mirror the changing light and rhythm of the world outside. From the first light of morning through to sunset and into the stillness of night, Portal evolves with your day – helping you feel more connected to the ebb and flow of the wild world outside.
Be Seated and Find Your Flow
Partially unfolded on a desk, iPhone Duo lends itself to moments of focus and creativity. Portal’s Focus Timer and Pomodoro Timer provide a gentle structure for work, study or creative projects, while the natural scenery offers a change of perspective without pulling your attention.
There’s also something particularly fitting about the way Portal’s scenes meet the Duo’s fold. In many of our portals, the horizon falls almost perfectly along the crease, creating a natural division between land and sky. In others, the waterline sits at the fold, with sky above and water below. It’s a small detail, but one that makes the device and the natural world feel in tune.
A More Natural Way to Wake Up and Wind Down
Propped up beside your bed in a standing or ‘tent’ pose, iPhone Duo offers a way to bring a little of the natural world into the quieter moments at either end of the day.
At night, Portal’s Sleep Timer lets you drift off to the sights and sounds of nature, gently fading the experience away as you settle into sleep.
Come morning, the Wake Up Alarm offers a different kind of beginning. Imagine waking to a sunrise unfolding across the display, with gradually brightening ambient light and the sounds of the world stirring around you. A gentler, energising start to the day, rather than an alarming one.
Together, these features offer a more natural way to mark the transitions between day and night, helping bring a little more of the world’s rhythms into our own.
Let Nature In
Nature moves us in profound ways, sometimes without us even noticing. Like art, poetry or music, it can shift our perspective, change how we feel and remind us that we’re part of something much bigger.
At Portal, we believe technology can bring nature into our everyday lives, for those hours when getting outside isn’t possible. We strive to create experiences that help us reconnect with the natural world.
iPhone Duo offers a particularly fitting expression of this ambition. Its foldable design makes the experience of opening up a window feel more tangible than ever.
Sometimes, all it takes is opening a window to let nature in.
About Portal
Portal is an independent British app created by a small team of friends who believe nature is fundamental to our health and wellbeing – and a quiet, essential part of being human.
Combining immersive technology, biophilic design and scientific research, Portal brings the sights and sounds of real places into everyday spaces. From helping people focus and spark creativity to finding moments of calm and getting a better night’s sleep, Portal makes it easier to reconnect with the natural world, even when stepping outside isn’t possible.
With more than one million users, Portal has been recognised as an Apple Editor’s Pick and was a finalist for Mac App of the Year.
