Business Vertical – Automotive Industry
Wcities provides the best travel content combined with best location based services from your car’s console where our content will you direct to the perfect destination.
Consumer demand for connectivity to seamlessly integrate their entertainment options in the car has increased exponentially over the past few years. It is projected that there will be more than 35 million IVI systems deployed in vehicles by 2015. Our content for users gives access to detailed content and specific scenes, e.g., attractions, event agendas, ticket booking, announcements, user preferences, tour maps and recommendations. For our clients, we provide flexible and easy customization of content-centric services, different means for publishing and presenting content, alongside the integration of different service platforms.Wcities also has partnered with the GENIVI Alliance and the NG Connect consortiums, which are composed of many like-minded organizations committed to the implementation of faster communications networks and services within “connected cars”.
Connected Guides
Our city, event and movie guides are the perfect way to obtain a comprehensive overview of your next travel destination. And within connected cars, access to your next destination only becomes easier. Our guides are filled with historical information, anecdotes, cultural niceties and POI descriptions which make these guides an invaluable piece of the puzzle when navigating more a city for entertainment, food and fun.
Concerts, plays, art exhibits, local bands, sporting events, now we’re talking. And now combined with our artist database, finding information on any artist or event at any time is at your fingertips. Whether you are a local resident, impromptu traveler or fastidious travel planner, knowing about events happening near you is essential. Our up-to-date, worldwide event coverage guarantees that travelers don’t have to spend an evening scrambling to some far-away venue or settling for a less than-stellar evening.
Connected Cars
Ford Motor Company now employs a Wcities point-of-interest data set within its patented on-board SYNC navigation technology and with the implementation of travel data on this platform; Ford has exceeded consumer demand for an all-in-one infotainment system. Now, drivers and passengers can now find all relevant location based events and destinations with a single voice command. Not only does this technology allow for voice-activated control, but it also allows for numerous connectivity options to your favorite mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPod and many others.
The demand for mobile broadband services is growing exponentially every year and many companies are taking notes on how to tap into this market. Wcities has joined the NG Connect consortium which is a dynamic ecosystem of well-established companies that aim to bring entertainment services across all networks, platforms and obstacles in order to provide access anywhere and at any time.
The Genivi Alliance is another consortium that Wcities is involved with, and the development of in-vehicle infotainment systems that merges together platforms, software and user interfaces is what consumers want to see without any technical glitches and for a better price. The Genivi Alliance seeks to do just that, with the endeavor of developing open-source products, it gives the traveler an added advantage to find the infotainment he or she needs while on board.
