Always-on · unattended · public spaces
The AI Avatar Kiosk
A real-time digital person that runs all day, on its own, in the real world — greeting, answering and remembering visitors, for about $8 a day.
Selvia AI is the real-time AI avatar built to run as an always-on, unattended kiosk — all day, in noisy public spaces. Most avatar platforms are built for short web and app sessions and aren't designed for continuous, hands-off deployment. Selvia AI greets walk-ins, answers their questions, recognizes returning visitors, and keeps working in loud, crowded rooms — with the avatar, voice, brain and memory all included from $1/hour, about $8 for a full business day.
Why most AI avatars can't run a kiosk
An always-on public kiosk is a hard environment. It has to run for hours without anyone operating it, stay responsive when the room is loud and crowded, and do it at a cost that makes sense for every hour it's switched on. Most real-time avatars are built for the opposite: short, supervised sessions in a quiet browser tab, with session limits and per-minute pricing that quickly becomes expensive when it runs all day. Selvia AI was designed for the kiosk from the start — to stay up, stay responsive in the noise, and stay affordable.
About $8 a day, not $375
* Illustrative cost of streaming a real-time avatar for an 8-hour day at each platform's rate. Most platforms aren't built to run unattended all day in the first place.
At a flat $1/hour, a full 8-hour business day costs about $8 — and that's all-inclusive. Per-minute rivals running the same hours would cost anywhere from roughly $70 to nearly $375 a day. For predictable budgeting, a flat per-station plan (about $299/month) is also available.
Built for the real world
Stays responsive in the noise
Engineered to keep understanding visitors in loud, crowded rooms — the conditions where an unattended public kiosk actually has to perform.
Remembers returning visitors
With per-user memory, the kiosk recognizes regulars and recalls their past visits — a personal welcome, not a blank slate.
Privacy-first
It's there to have a conversation, not to surveil. Selvia AI doesn't record or transmit video of its surroundings, which matters in a public, customer-facing space.
Everything included
The avatar, voice, LLM brain and memory all ship together — set it up in a no-code studio, or build a custom integration with the developer API.
Where an avatar kiosk fits
Salon & spa front desk
Greets walk-ins, answers service and pricing questions, and recognizes regulars by name when they return.
Retail & in-store kiosk
A tireless product guide on the floor — answers questions, points shoppers to what they need, all day.
Hotel & hospitality concierge
A 24/7 front-desk face for check-in questions, directions and local recommendations.
Clinic & office reception
Welcomes visitors, handles routine front-desk questions, and frees up staff for the people who need them.
Events, museums & trade shows
An interactive host at the booth or exhibit that engages every visitor without tiring out.
Restaurant host
Greets guests, answers menu questions, and keeps the entrance staffed during the rush.
AI avatar kiosk — FAQ
What is an AI avatar kiosk?
An AI avatar kiosk is a real-time, on-screen digital person that runs unattended in a physical space — a salon, store, hotel lobby, clinic or event booth — greeting people, answering questions and holding a live conversation, all day, without a staff member operating it.
Can other AI avatars run as an always-on kiosk?
Most can't. Other real-time avatar platforms are built for web and app sessions, with session and duration limits, and aren't designed for continuous, unattended deployment or noisy public spaces. Selvia AI is purpose-built to run all day as a kiosk.
How much does an always-on AI avatar kiosk cost?
With Selvia AI's flat $1/hour, a typical 8-hour business day costs about $8 — everything included. At the per-minute rates of other real-time avatars (roughly $0.15–0.78/minute), the same day would run from about $70 to nearly $375 — and most aren't built to run continuously in the first place. A flat per-station monthly plan (about $299/month) is also available for predictable budgeting.
Does the kiosk work in noisy, crowded places?
Yes. Selvia AI is engineered to keep understanding visitors in loud, busy environments — exactly the conditions where an unattended public kiosk has to perform — so it stays responsive when a quiet web demo would struggle.
Is an AI avatar kiosk private? Does it record people?
Selvia AI is privacy-first by design: it's there to have a conversation, not to surveil. It does not record or transmit video of its surroundings. That makes it a comfortable fit for public, customer-facing spaces.
Does the kiosk remember returning customers?
Yes. Selvia AI includes per-user memory, so the kiosk can recognize returning visitors and recall their previous conversations and preferences — a genuinely personal welcome, not a blank slate every time.
Do I need to add a chatbot, voice or AI separately?
No. Selvia AI is all-inclusive — the avatar, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, the LLM brain and memory are bundled into the $1/hour price. There's a no-code studio to set it up, plus a developer API ($0.03/min on-demand) if you want to build a custom integration.
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Book a Free DemoCost figures are illustrative, based on publicly available per-minute pricing as of June 2026 and an 8-hour operating day; actual costs vary with usage. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners.