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 gaming system comprising:
at least one input device;
at least one 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;
compute a mathematical basis for a game activity comprising movement of a game element from a first position to a second position;
generate a first sequence of images of the game activity corresponding to a first three-dimensional view;
simultaneous to the generation of the first sequence of images, generate a second sequence of images of the game activity corresponding to a second three-dimensional view; and
display, on the at least one display device, the first sequence of images and the second sequence of images at substantially the same time as the computation of the mathematical basis for the game activity, wherein the second sequence of images is displayed at a first location on the display device in proximity to the first position of the game element and subsequently displayed at a second location on the display device in proximity to the second position of the game element.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , the at least one memory device storing further instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to:
receive an input from a player during the display of the first sequence of images and the second sequence images;
compute a mathematical basis for an outcome in response to the input from the player;
generate a third sequence of images of the outcome corresponding to the first three-dimensional view;
generate a fourth sequence of images of the outcome corresponding to the second three-dimensional view; and
display on the at least one display device the third sequence of images and the fourth sequence of images at substantially the same time as the computation of the mathematical basis for the outcome.
3. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the first sequence of images comprises images filmed with a first virtual camera and the second sequence of images comprises images filmed with the first virtual camera.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the first sequence of images comprises images filmed with a first virtual camera and the second sequence of images comprises images filmed with a second virtual camera.
5. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one display device is a single display device and the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to display the first sequence of images in a first portion of a split screen of the single display device and the second sequence of images in a second portion of the split screen.
6. A computer-implemented method in a gaming system, comprising:
receiving a wager in response to an input via at least one input device;
computing, by at least one of one or more processors, a mathematical basis for a game activity comprising movement of a game element from a first position to a second position;
generating, by at least one of the one or more processors, a first sequence of two-dimensional images of the game activity from a first virtual camera corresponding to a first three-dimensional view;
simultaneous to the generation of the first sequence of images, generating, by at least one of the one or more processors, a second sequence of two-dimensional images of the game activity by a second virtual camera corresponding to a second three-dimensional view; and
displaying, on at least one display device, the first sequence of two-dimensional images and the second sequence of two-dimensional images at substantially the same time as the computation of the mathematical basis for the game activity, wherein the second sequence of images is displayed at a first location on the display device in proximity to the first position of the game element and subsequently displayed at a second location on the display device in proximity to the second position of the game element.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one display device is a single display device and the first sequence of two-dimensional images is displayed in a first portion of a split screen of the single display device and the second sequence of two-dimensional images is displayed in a second portion of the split screen of the single display device.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein:
the at least one display device comprises a first display device and a second display device;
the first sequence of two-dimensional images is displayed on the first display device; and
the second sequence of two-dimensional images is displayed on the second display device.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the first display device is a primary display device and the second display device is a secondary display device.
10. A computer-implemented method in a gaming system, comprising:
receiving a wager in response to an input via at least one input device;
in response to the wager, computing, by at least one of one or more processors, a mathematical basis for a gaming activity comprising a first game element and a second game element, wherein the first game element is moved from a first position to a second position;
simultaneously generating, by at least one of the one or more processors, a first three-dimensional view of the first game element and a second three-dimensional view of the second game element; and
displaying on at least one display device, at substantially the same time as the computation of the mathematical basis for the gaming activity, the first three-dimensional view and the second three-dimensional view, wherein the second three dimensional view is displayed at a first location on the at least one display device in proximity to the first position of the first game element and subsequently displayed at a second location on the at least one display device in proximity to the second position of the first game element.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein:
generating the first three-dimensional view comprises capturing a sequence of two-dimensional images of the first game element from a first virtual camera; and
generating the second three-dimensional view comprises capturing a sequence of two-dimensional images of the second game element from a second virtual camera.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the first three-dimensional view is displayed as a main screen and the second three-dimensional view is displayed as overlapping the first-three dimensional view.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the first three-dimensional view represents a full game board and the second three-dimensional view represents a sub-set of the full game board.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the second three-dimensional view is displayed on the at least one display device as an inset within the first three-dimensional view.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the second three-dimensional view and a third three-dimensional view are displayed simultaneously in separate inset windows within a main screen.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the first game element is a first token representing a first player and the third three-dimensional view includes a second token representing a second player.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , 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.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the first game element represents a first location on a game board and the second game element represents a second location on a game board.