Smart Kiosks for Smart Cities
A next-generation kiosk technology that upgrades smart cities by transforming city communication, navigation, and wayfinding.
A Next-Generation Kiosk Technology to Improve Lives in Cities.
Interactive digital kiosks are ideal for sharing community information, travel, weather details, wayfinding, advertising, entertainment, and more. Smart city kiosks allow visitors and residents to engage with their surrounding area in a seamless, digital context. It is designed to be functional and approachable, careful thought is given to the end-user experience to ensure that smart city kiosks are easy-to-use and practical, as well as aesthetically pleasing and an enhancement to their immediate environments.
Get the Right Apps and Message Where your Visitors Are
You control the message and can guide your visitors to the preferred businesses and experiences in your area. Thanks to the HootBoard technology, HootBoard based kiosks can be deployed without any custom development and content can be managed in seconds, even from your mobile phone.
Dependable All Weather Solution
This outdoor touch kiosk is sunlight readable and can withstand hot and cold temperatures. Its interior cooling system enables maximum exposure potential for high traffic areas.
Outdoor Digital Signage that Integrates with Apps
How do you wish to use HootBoard?
By partnering with us, we’ll be able to guide you and recommend the appropriate support for your screen. Be it an Amazon FireTV, or a Chrome Box. This will help you address the issues you wish to find solutions to. No matter what your goal is, be it enhancing the metro experience or giving visitors walking routes to a famous hotspot, or a touch point to find what they want nearby, we can recommend the right software for you.
Ongoing Customer and Technical Support
When you partner with HootBoard, you not only get a modern digital kiosk, you also get access to some of the best customer and technical services. We have great reviews! We look forward to earning a chance to partner with you and create a new marketing avenue that serves you and your community.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hottest temperature the outdoor digital kiosk can handle?
HootBoard is able to withstand temperatures up to 120 degree Fahrenheit. This means you’ll be able to provide great communication services that are dependable in our hot zones.
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How durable are your indoor and outdoor tourism kiosks?
The HootBoard Outdoor Glide is built to withstand both the elements and high-traffic use that comes with being an outdoor kiosk. The kiosk is outfitted with an outer shell that is both waterproof and dust-proof and comes with a double-layer outer shell to protect the touchscreen itself from vandals. The Outdoor Glide is permanently installed through a poured concrete base and secured with screws/bolts and is a locked case to ensure safety and protection. There is an additional protective layer in the form of high-penetrating, 5-8mm tempered glass with an anti-wear texture meant for outdoor use. The Outdoor Glide is thoroughly tested against inclement weather (-14°F up to 122°F) and against high use but of course, we know that you can’t predict what might happen so we do recommend insurance.
Are the tourism kiosks weatherproof?
The HootBoard Outdoor Glide kiosk is thoroughly tested against inclement weather and can withstand temperatures ranging from -14°F up to 122°F. The kiosk comes with a protective layer of high-penetrating, 5-8mm tempered glass with an anti-wear texture meant for outdoor use and an outer shell that is both waterproof and dust-proof. Though we expect for the kiosk to withstand weather conditions that come along with extreme weather, we also recommend insuring your kiosks against extreme weather and acts of God just to be safe.
What else works with your tourism kiosks? Can I get an add-on printer?
We have over 1,000 integrations that are possible via third-party partners and our kiosks also work with many different types of peripherals like cameras, printers, and card readers. We also have a peripherals API that can help accommodate other solutions. Can you tell me a little bit about what you are looking to do?
How do we know this works? What other customers do you have?
We have worked with 100s of other organizations in other industries and they range from Fortune 500 companies like GE to education our goal is to make kiosks simple and help you provide better visitor experiences. We are just moving into the travel space and have our first few deployments underway at visitor centers, convention centers, and airports. We are currently working to build digital signage solutions at a few DMOs like Discover Lehigh, Alpharetta GA, Discover Saratoga, etc.
Does HootBoard's Tourism Kiosk Have Advertising Functionality?
Yes! You can advertise in real time to tourists. Promote your local attractions using HootBoard’s platform. Take your marketing to the next level and create a new revenue stream for your area. You can partner with local businesses and connect with tourists who visit your location. Our modern advertising tools can collect data, show maps, provide wayfinding, show a menu, and truly enhance the visitor’s experience. Contact us today to learn more about how to promote your tourist location with interactive tourism kiosks.
Can the Interactive Kiosks Work to Provide Wayfinding Service?
Yes! HootBoard is a great tool to use for your wayfinding. Your visitors can get real time information. You’ll have multiple media choices to choose from to help get your visitors around the location. Your customers will have no issues finding attractions, events, city services, maps, and anything else they might come to your city or town to visit.
Multiple Ways to use HootBoard‘s Smart City Kiosks
Here’s some of the features departments and companies can utilize to keep employees in the loop.
Touch Screens
A new, engaging way to communicate in areas like a break room or lobby.
Digital Signage
With strategically placed TVs enabled by Amazon Fire TV or a Chrome Box, you can update content in real-time with the content that is added to your board via mobile or web.
Mobile Apps
Employees are mobile and so should you. Keep them up to date with notifications.
Website Integration
Add HootBoard to your intranet, access at hootboard.com or take the integration further with our API.
Company Calendar
Events are automatically added to a central calendar view for easy access.
Newsletters
Daily Digests and weekly newsletters are auto-generated from the content that has been added on your board. Event reminders done automatically.
Analytics
Track engagement on your board and posts by digging into the data.
Connectors
Integrate HootBoard with existing tools and workflows to automatically add or export content from HootBoard.