The Oracle
It looks up when you get close. It speaks first. It has a face, a voice, four lit buttons and something to say. When it is finished, it prints you a ticket: everything it told you, and one line it kept to itself.
No camera. No imaging. Nothing that could identify anybody. It senses distance and presence only: enough to know that someone is standing there.
It sees you coming
A ranged sensor watches the floor in front of the cabinet. The character looks up, finds you, and speaks before you have touched anything.
Four lit buttons
Four subjects, one to a button. Whichever you press decides what the character performs.
A ticket, not a receipt
What it says is printed as something worth putting in a pocket.
Customers pay NZ$3.50 per use by contactless card or phone. There is no cash slot and nothing to carry change for.
If you run a venue, or you just want the detail, it is all below.
Interested, or want to know more
The cabinet is self-contained and arrives working. It needs a power point, a wifi connection and about half a square metre of floor. After that it works a room on its own: it draws people over, handles the whole transaction, and asks nothing of your team beyond the occasional roll of paper.
There is no float to manage and no cash to bank; every transaction is contactless and settles directly. Machines are placed in licensed venues with staff present during trading hours.
The content and the cabinet are separate things by design. The character, the writing and the ticket are the durable thing; the box is how they reach a room, and it is expected to change. That is why the company is named for the method rather than for the first machine.
Talk to us about hosting oneRefunds and support
If a machine takes payment and then fails to deliver, the payment is refunded in full. That covers a ticket that never printed, and a performance cut short. Get in touch with the date, the venue and roughly the time, and we will find the transaction and return it.
There is no refund on what the machine chose to say, which is written fiction. Every ticket carries a number, which is the fastest way for us to locate a specific transaction.
Who runs it
FutureMagic is a New Zealand sole trader based in Wellington. Enquiries from venues, event organisers and suppliers are all welcome. The quickest route is the enquiry form, and the details below are for anyone who needs them on file.