Interactive multimedia kiosks for the City of Rijeka

The City of Rijeka wanted to improve the quality of city information services such as easier navigation in the city, having a clear information about the news and events in the city, having up to date public transport timetable, etc. As part of the initiative, the City of Rijeka decided to set up interactive kiosks in the premises of the City Hall, the City Library and at the sales points of KD Autotrolej. The aim of this project was to create a dynamic new public space for all citizens that would provide all the necessary information about the city of Rijeka in one place.

The City of Rijeka is committed to preserving its natural and cultural-historical potential and heritage, and has been declared the European Capital of Culture 2020. This title brings the City of Rijeka the potential for further cultural development, as well as improving the areas of citizens lives and enable new energy of growth. Rich in history, Rijeka is well known port city with numerous remnants of a industrial past, which artists, together with citizens, as well as all tourists, turn into city hubs of culture.

Background

The City of Rijeka has decided to initiate a project that will improve the quality of life for the citizens through through multimedia. Therefore, the city decided to set up multimedia kiosks with a multitude of interactive applications and content.

Challenge

To deliver a quality visually impressive, and at the same time cost-effective solution of multimedia totems that will be well noticed and accepted by the city and its partners, local providers, caterers, etc.

Our approach

The solution had to be equipped with a package of centrally managed multimedia applications and in the creative part of the project it was necessary to study the tourist offer of the City of Rijeka, develop visual content and design user interfaces.

Solutions

With the application of our products: PandoPad® Manager, PandoPad® Applications and PandoPad® FLOOR unit, all interactive services necessary for information, entertainment and advertising have been realized. Multimedia kiosks consist of an interactive touchscreen that contains many applications. The screen is of the most modern technology, high brightness, and due to its characteristics, it dominates the space.

A modern multimedia kiosks dominate the space and become a main point of information and advertising in the city.

At the interactive kiosks, users can search for information on the timetable of local and county lines, ticket prices, important telephone numbers, an overview of events and manifestations in the city, as well as interesting content such as sending a postcard via e-mail.

The city of Rijeka has always been a port that has embraced various influences imported by sea from all corners of the world, which makes the name “Port of Diversity” a perfect choice for the slogan of the European Capital of Culture in 2020.

Visitors can easily find the necessary information about the points of sale of the Rijeka City Card, which enables faster and easier use of the city services and public city transport.

In this example we see the PandoPad® eCard application through which users can select one of the offered images and send a virtual / digital postcard from the city of Rijeka using the integrated e-mail system.

The example shows the PandoPad® Outdoor Way Finder application as a geo map. From PandoPad® Manager, one enters the points of interest (POIs) on Google Maps, which will then display more detailed information about the selected point, or the path from where the PandoPad totem is located to the selected point.