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Sony Kiosk 1, for 650 Circuit City stores
mark steiner, inc. programmed an interactivea kiosk that tells Sony’s digital "convergence"
story in retail stores. Unlike any other company telling this story, Sony can claim its brand on every "convergence" item from computers to the custom software on those computers, to the digital cameras,
video recorders, walkman players, mini-disk devices, and more. The content in the kiosk is, therefore, extensive and the information architecture was complex in order to make the story actually appear as simple and
approachable as possible.
The kiosk includes high-end QT with great AfterEffects work, programming in Authorware, and Flash movies. All menuing was done in Flash within Authorware. The application has a custom
ActiveX control that supports JPEG files for graphic manipulation.
The kiosk simulates 4 other pieces of software, can launch actual software from a mock desktop, has a timed/random attract loop, and auto-refurbishes playground media files nightly at 2 AM.
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