State of the art analysis - Ariel

Interactive booth

New York City began installing interactive booths in their subway. When not in use they just rotate traffic information. When interacted with, a user can get instuctions on how to go wherever they're going, view maps and timetables. If there is any service disruptions the booth also takes that into consideration. While this demo is very cool both the news articles (Gizmodo, Futurevision) I read to find out more, stresses there's also negative aspects and constraints;

• Making touchscreens that big and yet keep response rate and precision like the mobile touch screen we are used to, is very expensive and complex.
• During testing the screen responded to vibrations which proved to be a problem during testing since there already is a lot of vibrations in busy subway stations. They had to change type of screen to make it work in that particular environment, an enviromental requirement. 
• The Gizmodo-journalist observed that some people seemed intimidated by them and it was first after he (the journalist) had played around with one for a while that they actually dared to give it a go themselves. People are afraid at the risk of looking silly.