Wagering game with multiple viewpoint display feature
View Patent ↗A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes an input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game. The gaming system further includes at least one display for displaying a plurality of game elements. The at least one display is 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 are rendered in real-time.
1. A computer-implemented method in a gaming system, comprising:
receiving a wager in response to an input via at least one input device;
generating, by at least one of one or more processors, a first three-dimensional view of a moving game element from the perspective of a first virtual camera;
generating, by at least one of the one or more processors, a second three-dimensional view of the moving game element from the perspective of a second virtual camera, the second three-dimensional view different from the first three-dimensional view;
displaying, on at least one display device, the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view, and movement of the game element;
changing the second three dimensional view from a first position on the display device to a second position on the display device in response to the movement of the moving game element.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the second three-dimensional view comprises a more detailed view of the game element than the first three-dimensional view.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the game element is a token representing a player.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first virtual camera captures the first three-dimensional view of the game element from a different angle than the angle from which the second virtual camera captures the second three-dimensional image of the game element.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the game element is a token representing a player.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first virtual camera captures the first three-dimensional view of the game element from a first distance at a first angle; and
the second virtual camera captures the second three-dimensional view of the game element from a second distance, different from the first distance, at a second angle, different from the first angle.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view are displayed simultaneously in real-time.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one display device includes a first display device and a second display device, the first three-dimensional view displayed on the first display device and the second three-dimensional view displayed on the second display device.
9. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the second three dimensional view is physically moved to the second position on the display device along with the movement of the moving game element.
10. A gaming system comprising:
at least one input device;
at least one display device;
at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to:
receive a wager;
generate a first three-dimensional view of a moving game element from the perspective of a first virtual camera;
generate a second three-dimensional view of the moving game element from the perspective of a second virtual camera, the second three-dimensional view different from the first three-dimensional view;
display, on the at least one display device, the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view, and movement of the game element; and
change the second three dimensional view from a first position on the display device to a second position on the display device in response to the movement of the moving game element.
11. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the first three-dimensional view comprises a first sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a first angle, and the second three-dimensional view comprises a second sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a second angle different from the first angle.
12. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the first three-dimensional view comprises a first sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a first distance, and the second three-dimensional view comprises a second sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a second distance different from the first distance.
13. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the second three-dimensional view is more detailed than the first three-dimensional view.
14. The gaming system of claim 10 wherein the first three-dimensional view comprises a first sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a first angle and a first distance, and the second three-dimensional view comprises a second sequence of two-dimensional images captured by the first virtual camera at a second angle, different from the first angle, and a second distance, different from the first distance.
15. A gaming system comprising:
at least one input device;
a first display device;
a second display device;
at least one processor;
at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to:
receive a wager;
generate a first three-dimensional view of game activity, the first three-dimensional view comprising a first sequence of images including a moving game element captured by a first virtual camera;
display the first three-dimensional view on the first display device;
generate a second three-dimensional view of game activity, the second three-dimensional view comprising a second sequence of images including the moving game element of captured by a second virtual camera;
display the second three-dimensional view on a first position of the second display device; and
change the second three dimensional view from the first position on the second display device to a second position on the second display device in response to the movement of the moving game element.
16. The gaming system of claim 15 , wherein the first three-dimensional view is captured from a different angle than the second three-dimensional view.
17. The gaming system of claim 15 , wherein the first three-dimensional view is captured from a different distance than the second three-dimensional view.
18. The gaming system of claim 15 , wherein the first display device is a primary display and the second display device is a secondary display.
19. The gaming system of claim 15 , wherein the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view depict different perspectives of the same game activity.
20. The gaming system of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to display the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view simultaneously in real time.
21. The gaming system of claim 19 , wherein the first three-dimensional view depicts game activity involving a first game element from a first viewpoint and the second three-dimensional view depicts the game activity involving the first game element from a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint.