Across the globe – Many countries across the globe got the familiarity with the self service kiosk or the most commonly referred interactive kiosk. It has served many purposes across the world in meeting a variety of demands from the customer. For example, in the country like UK, thousands of Kiosks are set up to help the job seekers find the right job for them with the help of Kiosks. Another example is of the United States of America which developed a kiosk at the immigration centre which helps the visitors to register themselves as they move to US and also to register while they leave.

What kind of industries? – Also many countries has the services for the Postal favour where all the HR related matters are made available for those employees who are disconnected from their jobs for a while will be getting all the updates related to their jobs, training that are helpful for their career and can monitor the benefits available to them and maintain finances at the comfort of the nearby self service kiosk without getting struck with the main HR department of a company. In India too, Kiosks are used from making bill payments to get a movie ticket. Recent surveys showed United States and Canada hold the top places in the place of Kiosks. Companies which use the kiosks are Wal-Mart, The Home Depot, Future Shop are to name a few.

Human adaption to the Kiosk – The evolving technology has presented the computerized feature which has all the software and hardware system with a user friendly processor that helps meet a demand of the customer at an ease is what required by every customer. So there are a variety of tasks an interactive kiosk can do if designed to meet the requirement and constructed with the necessary software and hardware. To name a few are the Movie ticket, restaurant and DVD vending are the types of kiosks which are gaining much popularity in recent time and in crowded areas. Also, the construction and design of a kiosk varies from the indoor ones to that of outdoors.

Types –

Movie ticket Kiosk – Almost all the multiplex theatres in many countries have these features of movie ticket kiosk enabling the user to purchase a ticket by swiping a credit or debit card and in other cases to pick up a ticket which is already purchased through online payment. These are often called as ticket machines.

Restaurant Kiosk – It is the new method followed by many chain of restaurants to make an order sitting in the cafe / restaurant / hotel at their own comfortable table and making orders from tablet. Cashier station is available such that it can decrease the wait time for customers.