Interactive Kiosks

Interactive kiosks seem to be everywhere these days. Whether you go to an airport and check in, get cash out of an ATM, or purchase groceries in an automated check-out line, kiosks are now an important part of everyday life. However, innovation with kiosks is far from over.

Star takes kiosk development to the next level by combining the power of stunning graphics and 3d animation built on top of most robust software application. With Star's development techniques and professional graphic designers and 3d artists work together to make every interactive kiosk a success.

Kiosks come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the tasks they were designed to handle. They differ from regular personal computers in the following areas:

 

• Input devices—Although some kiosks have keyboards or 10-key number pads, many rely on interaction with a user through menu-driven touchscreens. Also, many retail kiosks rely on payment input devices such as credit card swipe readers or cash acceptors.
• Task-specific—Today, most kiosks are designed to handle a very specific task, and they are not typically general-purpose devices.

Kiosks are already used extensively in retail stores. Kiosks are proliferating as retailers realize the value of servicing customers using automated machines. Kiosks provide the information that customers need in order to make a decision, so that they don't walk out of the store "empty handed." Kiosks can also be placed in retail scenarios where it would be too expensive to hire and train in-store employees to educate customers. For example, a sporting goods retailer may only be able to afford one "golf pro" for a store.

By implementing kiosks, a sporting goods store could manage more customers with fewer people, by enabling the consumer to get answers to basic golf questions while the golf pro handles the more difficult consumer questions.

Not only can kiosks be used to train customers, they are also useful for training employees. In the golf pro scenario discussed above, the golf pro could learn about newly introduced products from the kiosk, to help his or her golf customers understand the new features of a golf club that has just been released.