Granted Patent B2

US 8,187,092 · App. 12/304,403 · Granted May 29, 2012

Abstract

Claims (27)

1. A gaming system comprising:

an input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game; and

at least one display for displaying a plurality of game elements, the at least one display being adapted to display a first three-dimensional view of the plurality of game elements from a first viewpoint and a second three-dimensional view of at least one of the plurality of game elements indicating a randomly-selected outcome from a second viewpoint, the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view being rendered in real-time;

wherein the first three-dimensional view is generated using a first sequence of two-dimensional images captured by a first virtual camera and the second three-dimensional view is generated using a second sequence of two-dimensional images captured by a second virtual camera.

2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the first three-dimensional view is a broad view of a gaming environment and the second three-dimensional view is a close-up view of a portion of the gaming environment.

3. The gaming system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional three-dimensional view of at least one of the plurality of game elements from at least one additional viewpoint.

4. The gaming system of claim 1 , further comprising an inset window on the display adapted to display the second three-dimensional view therein.

5. The gaming system of claim 4 , wherein the position of the inset window is adapted to move along the display according to a movement of the game element.

6. The gaming system of claim 5 , wherein the game element is a token representing a player.

7. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the first three-dimensional view is adapted to display a plurality of player-selectable elements and the second three-dimensional view is adapted to display an item associated with a selected one of the player-selectable elements.

8. A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the method comprising:

displaying a first three-dimensional view of a plurality of game elements from a first viewpoint;

displaying a second three-dimensional view of at least one of the plurality of game elements indicating a randomly selected outcome from a second viewpoint, the position of the at least one of the plurality of game elements being based on a randomly-selected outcome and

generating the first three-dimensional view using a first sequence of two-dimensional images and generating the second three-dimensional view using a second sequence of two-dimensional images, wherein the first and second two-dimensional images being captured using at least one virtual camera,

wherein the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view being simultaneously displayed in real-time.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first three-dimensional view is a broad view of a gaming environment and the second three-dimensional view is a close-up view of a portion of the gaming environment.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying at least one additional three-dimensional view of at least one of the plurality of game elements from at least one additional viewpoint.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second three-dimensional view is displayed in an inset window.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising moving the inset window according to a movement of a game token.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the game token represents a player's position.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first three-dimensional view is adapted to display a plurality of player-selectable elements and the second three-dimensional view is adapted to display a selected one of the player-selectable elements.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions for directing a gaming system to perform the method of claim 8 .

16. A gaming system comprising:

an input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game; and

at least one display for displaying a path including a plurality of stations, the at least one display being adapted to display a first three-dimensional view of the path from a first viewpoint and a second three-dimensional view of a randomly-selected station from a second viewpoint, the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view being simultaneously rendered in real-time;

wherein the randomly-selected station further includes a symbol thereon.

17. The gaming system of claim 16 , wherein the second three-dimensional view is displayed in an inset window.

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